Integrated Care Pathways for Airway Diseases

Abstract

Chronic respiratory diseases are major non-communicable diseases causing a high burden to society. The European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing was established with the overarching target to increase the average healthy life by 2 years by 2020 and the Integrated Care Pathways for Airway Diseases (AIRWAYS-ICPs) was initiated by area 5 of the action plan B3 of the Partnership to develop multisectoral care pathways for chronic respiratory diseases in European countries and regions. AIRWAYS-ICPs goals include proposing a common framework of care pathways for chronic respiratory diseases, informing cost-effective policy development, aiding risk stratification in patients with chronic disease, having a notable effect on the health of citizens through the reduction of morbidity and the promotion of healthy ageing, and ultimately reducing the health-care burden (emergency visits, avoidable hospitalisations, disability, and costs) while improving quality of life. In this month's issue of The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, Jean Bousquet (University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France) who is leading the pathways project, talks to us in a podcast about the ongoing projects and aims for the future. /cms/asset/39f7c19d-0b01-4d8a-8787-0da7d359d78c/mmc1.mp3Loading ... Download .mp3 (5.18 MB) Help with .mp3 files Supplementary audioJean Bousquet discusses integrated care pathways for pulmonary disease.