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Table 1 Comparison of the costs published for copd in different countries in europe

From: Conference: "COPD a social disease: inappropriateness and pharmaco-economics. The role of the specialist: present and future", Venice, April 21-22, 2010: long summariesConferenza: "BPCO una malattia sociale: inappropriatezze ed aspetti farmacoeconomici. Il ruolo dello specialista: presente e futuro", Venezia, aprile 21-22, 2010: riassunti estesi

Reference

Country

Focus

Costs

Cost/patient/year

Global cost/year

Morera, 1992 [4]

Spain

Top-down

Direct and indirect

€959

Direct €319 M

Indirect €541 M

Jacobson, 2000 [9]

Sweden

Top-down

Direct and indirect

 

Direct €109 M

Indirect €541 M

Rutten van Mölken, 2000 [6]

Netherlands

Top-down

Direct

$876

 

Dal Negro, 2001 [10]

Italy

Bottom-up

Direct

Stage I = €151

Stage II = €3,001

Stage III = €3,912

 

Jansson, 2002 [11]

Sweden

Bottom-up

Direct and indirect

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$871 M

Miravitlles, 2003 [5]

Spain

Bottom-up

Direct

Stage I = €1,185

Stage II = €1,640

Stage III = €2,333

€427 M

Masa, 2004 [12]

Spain

Bottom-up Cross-sectional

Direct

€909.5

€238.8 M

Izquierdo, 2004 [13]

Spain

Bottom-up

Direct

Stage I = €1,657

Stage II = €2,425

Stage III = €3,303

 

Borg, 2004 [14]

Sweden

Top-down

Direct and indirect

Direct costs

GOLD I = €92

GOLD IIA = €631

GOLD IIB = €2,144

GOLD III = €8,678

 

Detournay, 2004 [15]

France

Bottom-up

Direct and indirect

Direct costs GOLD II = €1,904 GOLD III = €2,683 GOLD IV = €6,357

€3,500 M

Lucioni, 2005 [16]

Italy

Bottom-up

Direct and indirect

Direct costs €4,645

 

Koleva, 2007 [17]

Italy

Bottom-up

Direct costs

GOLD I = €1,046 GOLD II = €2,319 GOLD III = €3,572 GOLD IV = €5,033

 

Dal Negro, 2008 [18]

Italy

Bottom-up

Direct costs

Mild = €1,314 Moderate-severe = €5,451

 

De Miguel, 2008 [19]

Spain

Bottom-up

Direct costs

€1,922

 
  1. $ = costs in U.S. dollars; M = million.