COPD Horizons: Prevention, Phenotype and Precision Medicine
A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032). This special issue belongs to the section "Chronic Care".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 August 2026 | Viewed by 3
Special Issue Editor
Interests: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); all-cause mortality; comorbidity; risk stratification; phenotypes; primary health care; real-world data; prognostic models; population-based cohort studies
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remains one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. Despite advances in pharmacological and non-pharmacological management, COPD continues to have a high global burden and significant clinical heterogeneity.
This Special Issue aims to explore contemporary challenges and opportunities in COPD management from a multidisciplinary and real-world perspective. Particular emphasis will be placed on mortality risk prediction, phenotypic characterization (including non-smoking COPD), comorbidity burden, and the role of primary care and health system organization in improving outcomes.
We welcome original research articles and reviews addressing the following topics:
- Real-world evidence from electronic health records;
- Phenotype-based therapeutic strategies;
- Preventive approaches in early-stage or undiagnosed COPD;
- Multimorbidity, functional impairment, and social determinants;
- Innovations in integrated care and telemedicine.
This Special Issue encourages contributions from epidemiology, clinical medicine, public health, primary care, and digital health. Our goal is to foster evidence-based, personalized approaches to reduce the burden of COPD across healthcare systems.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Josep Montserrat-Capdevila
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- mortality
- risk prediction
- comorbidity
- primary health care
- phenotypes
- real-world evidence
- prognosis
- health records
- electronic
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