Table 2.

Exploratory end‐points

	TC	SC	P
ED visit rate due to AECOPD	0.47/year [95% CI: 0.37–0.59]	0.62/year [95% CI: 0.5–0.75]	0.140
Hospitalization rate due to AECOPD	0.17/year [95% CI: 0.11–0.25]	0.17/year [95% CI: 0.11–0.25]	0.618
Number of AECOPD (total)	125	99	0.060
Number of mild AECOPD	17	15	0.759
Number of moderate AECOPD	99	72	0.028
Number of severe AECOPD	9	12	0.524
Days in hospital due to AECOPD (total)	187	282	0.497
COPD‐related costs (total)	2812 USD/py	4609 USD/py	0.364
Mortality due to COPD (number)	0	0	–
Mortality overall (number)	0	5	–
Data completeness	88.2%	na	–
Number of phone contacts (total)	311	na	–
Duration of telephone contacts (mean, per py)	9.47 min	na	–

ED, emergency department min, minutes; na, not applicable; py, patient‐year; USD, US dollars.