Figures
- FIGURE 1
Increase in number of asthmatic patients entitled to special reimbursement for their drug costs (need for regular maintenance treatment), increase in drug costs per patient, decrease in death rate and decrease in hospital days due to asthma. Numbers are relative changes after 1981. Reproduced from [8].
- FIGURE 2
Realised annual expenditures of asthma care and theoretical annual costs where an increased prevalence of asthma is observed, but care practices remain at the 1987 level. Reproduced and modified from [55] with permission from the publisher.
- FIGURE 3
Hospital admission rates in France during implementation of the National Asthma Programme. Data from the Agence Technique de l'Information sur l'Hospitalisation.
- FIGURE 4
Flow chart of strategic planning, implementation and evaluation of the programme. GP: general practitioner; ICS: inhaled corticosteroid; NGO: non-governmental organisation. Reproduced and modified from [7] with permission from the publisher.
Tables
- TABLE 1
National and regional asthma programmes identified in Europe
Country [Ref.] Study period Initiator Executor National Finland [7, 8] 1994–2004 Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health and Working group Finnish Lung Health organisation, a nongovernmental organisation France [9] 2002–2005 National Agency for Accreditation and Evaluation of Health on behalf of the French National Health Executive Eight medical specialist societies Ireland [10, 11] 2014–2017 Health Service Executives Asthma Society of Ireland Italy [12] 2013 Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases 42 partners The Netherlands [13] 2014–2018 Lung Alliance Netherlands Poland [16] 2009–ongoing Polish Society of Allergology Portugal [18] 2000–2011; 2012–2016 Directorate General of Health Portuguese Ministry of Health Directorate General of Health Turkey [20, 42] 2008–ongoing Turkish Ministry of Health Turkish Respiratory Society Regional Poland [14] 2000–2003 Dept of International Medicine Asthma and Allergy, Bazlicki University Hospital, Lodz Lodz Regional Health Insurance Fund (sponsor)
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