3 - Add the chopped onion, and simmer approximately 1 - 2 minutes, until onion is translucent. 4 - Add the sofrito. 5 - Simmer until the sofrito starts to thicken-this could take up to 3 to 10 minutes, depending upon the heat of the stove, and whether your sofrito is at room temperature, or still slightly frozen.
Long-term home oxygen therapy is the only non-surgical therapy. proven to extend life of COPD patients. Home oxygen for COPD costs $1.8 billion a year or less than 1% of all. Medicare expenditures but 40% of all Medicare expenditures for. respiratory therapy and home medical equipment. One full year of home oxygen costs Medicare about the same as one day.
The Costs of Treatment and Hospitalization. 1  The estimated annual cost for treating asthma in children younger than 18 is $3.2 billion. 13. 2  For a child without asthma, the cost of medical expenses averages $618 a year; the annual cost of medical expenses for a child with asthma averages $1,042. 14. For a child without asthma, the cost of medical expenses averages $618 a year; the annual cost of medical expenses for a child with asthma averages $1,042. 14. 2  Asthma is the third-ranking cause of hospitalization for children under 15 years of age. 11.