Economic Overview of the Health Care of Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

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chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, direct costs, indirect costs, economic evaluation, health care.

Abstract

Introduction: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease has a prevalence of 10.2 % in the world population aged 40 to 80 years, but some reports indicate prevalences of 15.0 % and 20.6 % for this same population. This disease generates important costs for the health system, mainly in the moderate and severe stages, exacerbations and complications.

Objective: To describe the economic landscape of health care for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in different countries of the world.

Procedures used for the collection of information: A narrative review was carried out by searching information in the databases Biomed Central, Wiley Online Library, Scielo Regional, SciELO Cuba and Elsevier. Articles in English and Spanish were analyzed and 75 of them were consulted, of which 41 were included, published between 2005 and 2023. The inclusion criteria were the presence of epidemiological information, diagnosis, treatment and direct and indirect costs. Thirty-four articles with other types of economic evaluation were excluded. Of the included articles, more than 50% corresponded to a period of less than 5 years.

Results: Regardless of the region, the care of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease had an approximate cost per patient of US$ 6000 per year. The largest proportion corresponded to direct costs derived from exacerbations ranging from 70 to 90 % of the total cost.

Conclusions: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease generated very high costs. Minimizing disease exacerbations, controlling worsening, smoking prevention, and controlling other environmental factors could potentially reduce the cost of treatment.

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Author Biographies

Irma Andronica Sosa Lorenzo, Instituto Nacional de Higiene, Epidemiología y Microbiología. La Habana. Cuba.

Master en Salud Pública y Master en APS. Investigadora y profesora Auxiliar. Jefe del Dpto. Servicios de Salud. INHEM.

Manuel Collazo Herrera, Instituto Nacional de Higiene, Epidemiología y Microbiología. La Habana. Cuba.

Investigador y Profesor Titular.

Silvia Venero-Fernández, Instituto Nacional de Higiene, Epidemiología y Microbiología. La Habana. Cuba.

Investigadora y Profesora Titular.

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2023-05-15

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Sosa Lorenzo IA, Collazo Herrera M, Venero-Fernández S. Economic Overview of the Health Care of Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. INFODIR [Internet]. 2023 May 15 [cited 2026 Feb. 12];(41). Available from: https://revinfodir.sld.cu/index.php/infodir/article/view/1372

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