WEUSKOP6416: Evaluating Pneumonia in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Subjects

Patients will be considered a new user of ICS-containing medications if they had not received a prescription for an ICS-containing medication in the year prior to cohort entry. ICS-containing medications could include ICS and ICS/LABA fixed dose combinations combinations. Patients could not use LABD (long-acting beta-agonists and long-acting antimuscarinics) in the year prior or initiate triple therapy (e.g., ICS/LABA/LAMA) as their new user prescription.

Patients will be considered a new user of LABD medications (long-acting beta-agonists or long-acting antimuscarinics but not both) if they had not received a prescription for an LABD medication in the year prior to cohort entry. Patients could not use ICS-containing medications in the year prior to their new use of LABD or initiate triple therapy (e.g., ICS/LABA/LAMA) as their new user prescription.