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Chronic cough in routine clinical practice: a UK retrospective cohort study

European Respiratory Journal

2020

Chronic cough (CC) is a debilitating respiratory symptom, now increasingly recognized as a discrete disease entity. This study evaluated the burden of CC in a primary care setting.

This cross-sectional, retrospective cohort study used de-identified data from the Whole Systems Integrated Care (Discover) dataset, which includes >350 North West London (NWL) primary care practices, linking coded data from primary and secondary care. Data were extracted for individuals ≥18 years with a CC read code, cough (persisting ≥8 weeks) or cough remedy prescription (suppressant/expectorant/demulcent/mucolytic), between Jan 2015 – Sep 2019. The study was approved by the NWL Data Research Access Group.

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