| GOLD II | GOLD III | GOLD IV |
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No exacerbation | 1284 | 3032 | 4297 |
Non-severe exacerbation | 4423 | 6170 | 7436 |
Severe exacerbation | 27,817 | 29,564 | 30,830 |
- Source: maintenance costs by GOLD-state from [5], exacerbation costs from [34]. Costs for mild and moderate exacerbations were merged to form non-severe exacerbations