24.12.2014 Views

National Healthcare Disparities Report - LDI Health Economist

National Healthcare Disparities Report - LDI Health Economist

National Healthcare Disparities Report - LDI Health Economist

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

Effectiveness of Care<br />

Respiratory Diseases<br />

Importance<br />

Mortality<br />

Number of deaths due to chronic lower respiratory diseases (2009)..............137,082 (Kochanek, et al., 2011)<br />

Number of deaths, influenza and pneumonia combined (2009) .......................53,582 (Kochanek, et al., 2011)<br />

Cause of death rank for chronic lower respiratory diseases (2009)........................3rd (Kochanek, et al., 2011)<br />

Cause of death rank for influenza and pneumonia combined (2009).....................8th (Kochanek, et al., 2011)<br />

Prevalence<br />

Adults age 18 and over with current asthma (2009).................................17.5 million (Akinbami, et al., 2011)<br />

Children under age 18 with current asthma (2009) ....................................7.1 million (Akinbami, et al., 2011)<br />

Incidence<br />

Number of discharges attributable to pneumonia (2007)...........................1.2 million et al., (Hall, et al., 2010)<br />

Chapter 2 Respiratory Diseases<br />

New cases of tuberculosis (2010)..................................................................................11,181 (MMWR, 2011a)<br />

Cost<br />

Total cost of lung diseases (2010).........................................................................$173.4 billion (NHLBI, 2009)<br />

Total cost of upper respiratory infections (annual est.) .................................$40 billion (Fendrick, et al., 2003)<br />

Total cost of asthma (2010).....................................................................................$20.7 billion (NHLBI, 2009)<br />

Cost-effectiveness of influenza immunization (2006) ....................$0-$14,000/QALY (Maciosek, et al., 2006)<br />

Measures<br />

The NHQR and NHDR track several quality measures for prevention and treatment of this broad category of<br />

illnesses that includes pneumonia, tuberculosis, and asthma. The four measures highlighted in this section are:<br />

n Pneumococcal vaccination.<br />

n Receipt of recommended care for pneumonia.<br />

n Completion of tuberculosis therapy.<br />

n Daily asthma medication.<br />

<strong>National</strong> <strong><strong>Health</strong>care</strong> <strong>Disparities</strong> <strong>Report</strong>, 2011<br />

103

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!