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Ireland Needs Healthier Airways and Lungs - the Evidence

Author: Brennan, N; McCormack, S; O'Connor, T;Irish Thoracic Society

Publication Year: 2008

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Contents

List of Tables and Figures
Summary
Introduction
Section 1 - Mortality
Deaths from different causes
Deaths by type of respiratory disease
Deaths from different cancers
Trends in death rates from respiratory disease, CHD and cancer
Deaths due to occupational lung disease
Mortality rates by selected respiratory diseases
Comparisons of death rates from respiratory disease in European countries
Section 2 - Morbidity
Prevalence of different long-term illnesses
Prevalence of respiratory symptoms and disease
Frequency of GP visits by patients with respiratory disease
Illness benefits and respiratory disease
Incidence rates in the major cancers
Lung cancer incidence by sex and region
Lung cancer survival
Trends in incidence of lung cancer
Incidence of tuberculosis
Section 3 - Treatment
Inpatient days and discharges for different diseases
Inpatient days and discharges for respiratory disease
Prescriptions issues for respiratory disease
Treatments for lung cancer
Section 4 - Costs
Cost of prescriptions for respiratory disease
Cost of inpatient discharges and day cases
Working years lost due to mortality from respiratory disease
Health care costs of respiratory disease
Total cost of respiratory disease
References

Description

The publication of the first INHALE Report in 2003 was a major milestone for respiratory care in Ireland. Five years after the publication of the first INHALE Report, INHALE 2nd edition reveals that there is still a long way to go in addressing the burden of lung disease.

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Keywords respiratory care
Publisher Irish Thoracic Society
Classification respiratory care
Alternative Title INHALE Report
Edition 2nd Ed
Pages 56
Categories: Reports, Irish Content
External Link http://www.irishthoracicsociety.com/
Email: library@icgp.ie, Tel: 01 6763705, Fax: 01 6765850