The Complexity of Treating Asthma
| Autor: | Thomas L. Creer |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
| Předmět: |
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Gerontology Life span business.industry Mortality rate Pulmonary disease medicine.disease Medical care World health Chronic disease Environmental health Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Health care medicine Immunology and Allergy business health care economics and organizations Asthma |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Asthma. 35:451-454 |
| ISSN: | 1532-4303 0277-0903 |
| DOI: | 10.3109/02770909809070998 |
| Popis: | The World Health Report of 1997 (1), issued by the World Health Organization (WHO), focused on chronic diseases. The report noted that chronic diseases are responsible for more than 24 million deaths a year, or about half the rate of mortality in the world. A major contributor to the mortality rate is chronic respiratory disorders, particularly chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Had the WHO Report summarized economic data on chronic disorders, they might have reported that total costs for people with chronic conditions in the United States alone amounted to $659 billion–$425 billion in direct healthcare costs and $234 billion in indirect costs-in 1990 (2). In short, chronic illness accounts for more than 60% of the $1 trillion spent on medical care in the United States (3). Despite the impact of chronic disease around the world, the WHO insisted that throughout the life span |
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