欧盟心血管疾病的经济负担:基于人口的成本研究
Ramon Luengo-Fernandez1, Marjan Walli-Attaei1, Alastair Gray1
1Health Economics Research Centre, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus, Oxford OX3 7LF, UK.
European heart journal
|August 26, 2023
概括
心血管疾病 (CVD) 在2021年使欧盟损失了2820亿欧元. 这种经济负担包括医疗保健,生产力损失和非正式护理,强调需要更新的政策战略.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 卫生经济学 卫生经济学
- 心血管医学 心血管医学
背景情况:
- 心血管疾病 (CVD) 对欧盟 (EU) 的健康和社会护理系统造成了巨大的负担,导致过早死亡和残疾.
- 现有的泛欧洲对心血管疾病的经济负担估计已经过时.
- 这项研究解决了对欧盟27个国家内心血管疾病经济影响的最新数据的需求.
研究的目的:
- 为2021年在27个欧盟 (欧盟) 国家提供有关心血管疾病 (CVD) 的经济负担的最新证据.
- 量化与心血管疾病相关的直接医疗保健成本,生产力损失和非正式护理成本.
- 建立一个当代的经济基准,为公共卫生政策和资源分配提供信息.
主要方法:
- 利用来自国际来源 (例如欧盟统计局,欧洲心脏病学协会地图) 的病率,死亡率和护理资源利用率的综合国家特定数据.
- 整合了来自欧洲健康,衰老和退休调查 (SHARE) 的患者级数据.
- 应用国家特定的单位成本,调整价格差异,以估计人均经济负担.
主要成果:
- 据估计,2021年欧盟心血管疾病 (CVD) 的年度经济负担总额为2820亿欧元.
- 健康和长期护理构成了最大的组成部分 (155亿欧元,55%),其次是非正式护理成本 (790亿欧元,28%) 和生产力损失 (480亿欧元,17%).
- 在欧盟范围内,心血管疾病成本平均为人均630欧元,各国之间存在很大差异 (例如,塞浦路斯381欧元到德国903欧元). 冠状动脉心脏病和脑血管疾病占心血管疾病总成本的27%.
结论:
- 本研究介绍了欧盟各国对心血管疾病 (CVD) 的当代经济负担估计,包括直接医疗保健,生产力和非正式护理成本.
- 调查结果强调了心血管疾病对经济各个方面的重大经济影响.
- 这些数据为以证据为基础的政策制定提供了至关重要的基础,旨在减轻心血管疾病的影响,改善获得护理的机会,提高健康结果,并确保经济可持续性.
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