Norway COPD Index

Norway scores high in the Access and Care Coverage category, mainly due to good conditions for access to diagnosis, treatments, and drugs, as well as high universal health care coverage. Norway’s score in the Environmental Factors category score is the second highest, with excellent indoor air quality, low environmental exposure to COPD risk factors, and low particulate matter exposure levels. In the Policy Context category, Norway scores above average, with a strong tobacco control policy, although improved implementation of its COPD strategy and better adherence to care guidelines would further improve its score. Norway scores relatively low in the Disease Burden category, with a significant estimated societal cost of COPD, high death rate, and above-average prevalence of COPD. Similarly, Norway has the third lowest score in the Health System Characteristics category, mainly due to a high number of annual COPD hospitalisations and the highest 365-day readmission rate, despite relatively good conditions for health data collection and reporting.

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