[The estimated expenditures on medicinal support of patients with chronic obstructive disease of lungs]

The purpose of the study is to calculate amount of funds required for medicinal support of patients with chronic obstructive disease of lungs in all conditions of provision of medical care. The calculation of costs of medication support of patients with chronic obstructive disease of lungs was implemented. The standards of medical care and original methodology of calculation were applied. The sums necessary for provision of of medications according to pharmacological classes and groups of patients were calculated. The sums of necessary costs for medication support of patients with chronic obstructive disease of lungs, calculated on the basis of standards of medical care and original methodology turned to be comparable (difference is less than 10%) and made up to from 23.4 billion rubles to 25.2 billion rubles. The study revealed that differences in sums of funds required to support patients with medications of various pharmacological classes depending on type of calculation: based on standard of medical care and original methodology. The largest sums of funds required for treatment of mentioned patients fall on groups of patients C and D. The results of the study can be used in planning medical care in pulmonology, as well as in development of the Federal project "The struggle with chronic obstructive disease of lungs".