Abstract
High quality of life (QoL) may reduce the costs of medical care of chronically ill patients due to lower health care utilization. The purpose of this study was to establish the influence of the QoL of primary care patients with chronic respiratory diseases on the level of health care utilization and the predictors of hospitalization. The study group consisted of 594 adult patients with chronic respiratory diseases of the mean age 59.8±14.9 years. The highest QoL was observed in the social relationship domain and the lowest in the physical domain. Low QoL was associated with a low level of health care utilization among patients with chronic respiratory diseases. Most patients were hospitalized during the past 3 years. In a group of patients with chronic respiratory diseases, chances for hospitalization were: higher among patients with low QoL and health satisfaction, low QoL levels in the physical and social relationship domains, high QoL levels in the psychological domain, those with higher education, residents of rural areas, patients using frequent consultations over the phone, and those with at least an average index of services.
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