Management and referral patterns for new-onset chronic cough in primary care patients.

The diagnosis and management of chronic cough in primary care is challenging despite it being one of the most common chronic conditions. Clinical characterization of patients with new-onset chronic cough in the primary care setting. This was a retrospective study of adult patients (ages ≥ 18 years) with at least three visits with primary care providers (PCP) for new-onset cough, with at least 8 weeks between the first and third visits, within a tertiary-care center and affiliated clinics between January 1, 2010, and January 1, 2019 ( = 174).