Medication costs | Length of stay | Long-term oxygen therapy | Work productivity impairment (absenteeism and presenteeism) |
Medical appointments | Intravenous antibiotics | Non-invasive ventilation | Disability and early retirement |
Physiotherapy | ICU resources | Lung transplantation | Limitations of daily life |
Pulmonary rehabilitation | Inpatient physiotherapy | | Caregiver burden |
Treatment of exacerbations | Imaging and laboratory exams | | |
Treatment of complications | Treatment of complications | | |
Sputum microbiology | | | |
Radiology | | | |
Laboratory exams | | | |