Economic Impact of Leading Prosperity Diseases: COPD in South East Europe

Frontiers in Public Health

Vojislav Cupurdija¹ 

关键词: COPD;    community acquired pneumonia;    cost;    resource use;    South Eastern Europe;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2015.00050

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Populations across Eastern Europe and the Balkans are aging even more rapidly than their Western European counterparts. This population aging is likely to further constrain already limited resource allocation in health care (16). This happens mostly due to dwindling base of employed tax payers in their most productive life time combined with increased proportion of the elderly. Demand for medical services by the retired citizens is significantly higher compared to working, younger age groups and this is particularly the case within the last year of life (17). Substantial impact of age to the COPD costs of care was already claimed in literature. Clinical severity of disease according to the Global initiative for chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) classification, clearly correlated with resource use and costs of hospital and outpatient care (18).

【 授权许可】

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