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Association results: A) association of the total cost (2018–2019) with the number of exacerbations; B) association of the number of exacerbations with the number of comorbidities. Standard error (SE) and p-value (P)
| Estimates | SE | P | |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. Response variable: cost per patient | |||
| Intercept | 17370.4 | 812.9 | <2.0−16 |
| Gender | −712 | 437.5 | 0.11 |
| Number of exacerbations | 350.1 | 83 | 8.9−5 |
| B. Response variable: exacerbations | |||
| Intercept | 0.49 | 0.56 | 0.39 |
| Number of comorbidities | 0.34 | 0.19 | 0.04 |
