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A Charter to Improve Patient Care in Severe Asthma

Andrew Menzies-Gow . G-Walter Canonica . Tonya A. Winders . Jaime Correia de Sousa . John W. Upham . Antje-Henriette Fink-Wagner

ABSTRACT
Severe asthma is a subtype of asthma that is difficult to treat and control. By conservative estimates, severe asthma affects approximately 5–10% of patients with asthma worldwide. Severe asthma impairs patients’ health-related quality of life, and patients are at risk of lifethreatening asthma attacks. Severe asthma also accounts for the majority of health care expenditures associated with asthma. Guidelines recommend that patients with severe asthma be referred to a specialist respiratory team for correct diagnosis and expert management. This is particularly important to ensure that they have access to newly available biologic treatments. However, many patients with severe asthma can suffer multiple asthma attacks and wait several years before they are referred for specialist care. As global patient advocates, we believe it is essential to raise awareness and understanding for patients, caregivers, health care professionals, and the public about the substantial impact of severe asthma and to create opportunities for improving patient care. Patients should be empowered to live a life free of symptoms and the adverse effects of traditional medications (e.g., oral corticosteroids), reducing hospital visits and emergency care, the loss of school and work days, and the constraints placed on their daily lives. Here we provide a Patient Charter for severe asthma, consisting of six core principles, to mobilize national governments, health care providers, payer policymakers, lung health industry partners, and patients/caregivers to address the unmet need and burden in severe asthma and ultimately work together to deliver meaningful improvements in care.

 


Valores IMPERA

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Liderazgo personal y colectivo en el ámbito de la Medicina de Precisión

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Calidad en la búsqueda de excelencia de los nuevos desarrollos

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Independencia de las instituciones oficiales, sociedades científicas y organizaciones no gubernamentales o empresariales para garantizar trasparencia y objetividad.

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Promoción de soluciones costo-efectivas para los problemas de salud en el campo de la medicina respiratoria y la alergología

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Compromiso con la circulación democrática de las ideas y conceptos

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Solidaridad en la transferencia de los nuevos conocimientos científicos y tecnológicos para mejorar la vida de las personas, sus familias y  comunidades.

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