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ArticleExpert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research2012

The use of age-period-cohort analysis to determine the impact of economic development on COPD mortality in Hong Kong.

Fadia T Shaya, Ian M Breunig, Steven M Scharf

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Article in Expert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Fadia T ShayaUniversity of Maryland School of Pharmacy and School of Medicine, 220 Arch Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. fshaya@rx.umaryland.edu
Ian M Breunig
Steven M Scharf

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Abstract

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of death worldwide. The rising trend in COPD-related mortality can be linked to aging populations and trends in risk factors possibly correlated with macroeconomic development. An age-period-cohort analysis of data on a recently developed economy, Hong Kong, is able to decompose sex-specific COPD mortality rates into age, period and birth-cohort effects to examine the possible impacts of defined macro-level events. The findings of this study corroborate the relationship between COPD incidence and an aging population, shows strong evidence for declining COPD mortality among generations raised in a more economically developed environment, but, possibly due to modeling limitations, only mixed results regarding the impact of changes in air quality.

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