Real-world analysis of obstructive respiratory tract disorders : characterization, health care and costs.

INTRODUCTION: This analysis has described the burden of patients with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma/COPD mixed conditions or undefined obstructive diseases (UODs), from the Italian National Health System point of view.

METHODS: In the accrual period (2015), starting from the ReS database, a record linkage among demographic, pharmaceuticals, hospitalizations and outpatient specialist services databases has identified patients affected by only asthma, only COPD, asthma/COPD and UODs. From the less recent date of identification, each patient was analyzed in one previous year and in two years of follow-up (at most up to 12/31/2017). In the accrual period, in the previous one and in 2-year follow-up sinus polyps was researched. One-year free filled respiratory (ATC code R03) and concomitant prescriptions, outpatient specialist services, hospitalizations were described. Two-year costs were assessed annually.

RESULTS: In 2015, 110,453 subjects with asthma (16.6 x1000 ≥12 years old), 229,747 with COPD, 8828 with asthma/COPD (55.5 x1000 and 2.1 x1000 ≥40 years, respectively) and 75,072 with UODs (27.2 x1000 subjects aged 40 to 65) were selected. Sinus polyps was found in 753 patients with asthma, 181 with COPD and 122 with asthma/COPD. A very high use of inhaled corticosteroids - ICS (R03AB) as monotherapy and as fixed association ICS/LABA and of cardiovascular drugs was highlighted among patients with COPD and asthma/COPD. The spirometry test was used in 21.4% patients with asthma/COPD, in 9.2% with asthma, in 8.6% with COPD and in 5.8% with UODs. Subjects with COPD and asthma/COPD were the most frequently hospitalized, mainly due to respiratory and cardiovascular causes, and those with the longest in-hospital stay. On average, the mean overall one-year expenditure per COPD or asthma/COPD patient was three times higher than per asthma or UOD one (€3508/€3613 vs €942/€1394, respectively).

CONCLUSIONS: Concomitant drugs and hospitalizations due to other causes than respiratory ones accounted for the highest expenses. In general, comorbidities and cardiopulmonary complications played a key role in obstructive airway disease managing and controlling, by determining unsustainable socio-economic impacts.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:112

Enthalten in:

Recenti progressi in medicina - 112(2021), 4 vom: 01. Apr., Seite 285-293

Sprache:

Italienisch

Weiterer Titel:

Analisi real-world dei disturbi ostruttivi delle vie respiratorie: caratterizzazione, assistenza sanitaria e costi

Beteiligte Personen:

Calabria, Silvia [VerfasserIn]
Ronconi, Giulia [VerfasserIn]
Dondi, Letizia [VerfasserIn]
Pedrini, Antonella [VerfasserIn]
Piccinni, Carlo [VerfasserIn]
Esposito, Immacolata [VerfasserIn]
Canonica, Giorgio Walter [VerfasserIn]
Martini, Nello [VerfasserIn]

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Adrenal Cortex Hormones
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 13.04.2022

Date Revised 31.05.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1701/3584.35687

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NLM324316070