Presentation PICASSO for COPD: a Dutch national COPD optimisation platform

Therese Noorlander

doi:10.5334/ijic.287

Abstract

Context: A major problem preventing effective counteracting of the projected rise in the burden of COPD is the insufficient awareness of, and nihilism towards this disabling disease among all stakeholders, i.e. general public, patients, healthcare professionals and healthcare payers. Reasons behind this vary from unawareness of the disease by the general public; poor recognition of symptoms as well as underpresentation by patients who simply attribute their symptoms to a mix of smoking and ageing [1] and poor knowledge of the disease among healthcare givers, who overlook symptoms and fail to diagnose the disease, sometimes only until it has considerably progressed. Furthermore at present there is no appreciation of the burden of disease by healthcare payers and finally there is insufficient awareness of the current magnitude of the problem with politicians and especially about the projected rise in morbidity and mortality of COPD [2].

Highlights

1. van Schayck CP, Loozen JM, Wagena E, et al Detecting patients at a high risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in general practice: cross sectional case finding study
Context: A major problem preventing effective counteracting of the projected rise in the burden of COPD is the insufficient awareness of, and nihilism towards this disabling disease among all stakeholders, i.e. general public, patients, healthcare professionals and healthcare payers. Reasons behind this vary from unawareness of the disease by the general public; poor recognition of symptoms as well as underpresentation by patients who attribute their symptoms to a mix of smoking and ageing w1x and poor knowledge of the disease among healthcare givers, who overlook symptoms and fail to diagnose the disease, sometimes only until it has considerably progressed
At present there is no appreciation of the burden of disease by healthcare payers and there is insufficient awareness of the current magnitude of the problem with politicians and especially about the projected rise in morbidity and mortality of COPD w2x

Summary

Introduction

1. van Schayck CP, Loozen JM, Wagena E, et al Detecting patients at a high risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in general practice: cross sectional case finding study. Context: A major problem preventing effective counteracting of the projected rise in the burden of COPD is the insufficient awareness of, and nihilism towards this disabling disease among all stakeholders, i.e. general public, patients, healthcare professionals and healthcare payers.

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