Goto, Tadahiro http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5880-2968
Yoshida, Kazuki
Faridi, Mohammad Kamal
Camargo, Carlos A. Jr
Hasegawa, Kohei
Funding for this research was provided by:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (R01 HS-023305)
Article History
Received: 8 July 2019
Accepted: 6 April 2020
First Online: 29 April 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the institutional review boards of Massachusetts General Hospital with an informed consent waiver due to the retrospective nature of this study. The current study has a data use agreement for the state databases from the HCUP.
: This study was approved by the institutional review boards of Massachusetts General Hospital with an informed consent waiver.
: Dr. Camargo has performed COPD-related consultation for AstraZeneca, GSK, and Mereo.