Association between Neighborhood Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Prevalence Among U.S. Veterans

Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2024 Apr;21(4):669-672. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202308-668RL.

Authors

Sophia Hayes^{1

2}, Kevin I Duan^{2

3}, Travis Hee Wai¹, Fernando Picazo^{1

2}, Lucas M Donovan^{1

2}, Laura J Spece^{1

2}, Robert Plumley¹, Christopher G Slatore^{4

5}, Neeta Thakur⁶, Kristina Crothers^{1

2}, David H Au^{1

2

7}, Laura C Feemster^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ VA Puget Sound Health Care System Seattle, Washington.
² University of Washington Seattle, Washington.
³ University of British Columbia Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
⁴ VA Portland Health Care System Portland, Oregon.
⁵ Oregon Health and Science University Portland, Oregon.
⁶ University of California, San Francisco San Francisco, California.
⁷ Department of Veterans Affairs Washington, DC.

PMID: 38252425
PMCID: PMC10995553 (available on 2025-04-01)
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202308-668RL

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Humans
Prevalence
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive* / epidemiology
Residence Characteristics
Socioeconomic Disparities in Health
Socioeconomic Factors
Veterans*

Grants and funding

T32 HL007287-44/NIH T32 Training Grant/United States