Pharmacoeconomic evaluation of the costs incurred by the ASP Messina for home therapy with liquid oxygen

Authors

  • Salvatore Coppolino Dipartimento del Farmaco, ASP Messina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7175/fe.v11i1.176

Keywords:

COPD, Oxygen therapy, Home care therapy

Abstract

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a very frequent disease in all industrialized countries. The cost for the community includes cost for hospitalisations, doctor visits, home care, rehabilitation, loss of working days, etc. From a therapeutical point of view, an effective progression of therapy and patients survival can be obtained only by stopping smoking and by following a long term oxygen therapy. The aim of this retrospective study is to evaluate costs of liquid oxygen therapy performed at home. Obtained results are very encouraging because a part from being cheap they also provide a better evaluation of the prescribed therapy which can also be extended to gaseous oxygen.

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Published

2010-03-15

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 1 (2010)

Section

Review (Economic Analysis)

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How to Cite

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Coppolino S. Pharmacoeconomic evaluation of the costs incurred by the ASP Messina for home therapy with liquid oxygen. FE. 2010;11(1):43-46. doi:10.7175/fe.v11i1.176