Krankheitskosten von COPD in Deutschland

Abstract

Zusammenfassung AbstractThe present cost-of-illness study is focused on the costs of COPD in Germany. In a pre-study, data on 814 randomly selected patients were collected to achieve reliable figures for the distribution of COPD severity grades and the frequencies of exacerbations. The main study was performed on 321 randomly selected patients from the pre-study. Data on resource use were collected in a face-to-face interview with the respective physicians using the patient records as a basis. Costs associated with resource consumption were weighted with the frequencies of COPD severity grades as assessed in the pre-study to determine the costs of COPD. Annual COPD-related costs per patient were € 3,027 from the societal perspective. Main cost components were hospitalisations (26 %), medication (23 %) and early retirement (17 %). Annual COPD-related costs from the perspective of the German health insurance system (GKV) were € 1,944 per patient.

Estimates of costs for modelling return on investment from smoking cessation interventions

“…In the Netherlands, official data on costs for lung cancer, CHD, stroke and COPD were available 23. Costs of smoking‐related diseases were obtained from the literature in Germany 24, 25, 26, 27 and Spain 28, 29, 30, 31, 32. Further details are found in country‐specific technical annexes 16, 17, 18, 19, 20.…”

Development and application of an economic model (EQUIPTMOD) to assess the impact of smoking cessation

“…For each country, the annual health‐care costs for an individual with each of the diseases were estimated based on a systematic literature review 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55. Costs relate to prevalent cases of disease.…”

Akute Exazerbation der chronisch-obstruktiven Lungenerkrankung

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