Spain COPD Index
Rank
(out of 24 countries)
5
Index Score
(out of 100)
68.76
Deaths
(as a % of overall deaths)
6.65%
Smoking Rate
27.7%
Societal Costs
(cost per person)
$680
Above average performance
Average performance
Below average performance
Spain is the third highest scorer in the Policy Context category, with strong care guidelines, a robust tobacco policy, and a national COPD strategy.
Spain is the third highest scorer in the Policy Context category, with strong care guidelines, a robust tobacco policy, and a national COPD strategy. Spain’s score in the Health System Characteristics category is also high, primarily due to low annual hospitalisation and readmission rates for COPD and good conditions for health data recording and reporting. Primary care physician density could be increased to improve Spain’s score in this category. Spain’s score in the Access and Care Coverage category is above average, with excellent conditions for diagnosis and telemedicine, and good access to treatment and drugs, as well as universal health care service coverage, although the country faces somewhat high relative poverty. Similarly, the Environmental Factors category score is above average, with low particulate matter exposure levels and low occupational exposure to COPD risk factors. Spain has the third lowest score in the Disease Burden category, mainly due to the highest sex-based inequality in disability-adjusted life years attributable to COPD and a high COPD prevalence and death rate, despite a relatively low estimated societal cost of COPD.
How does Spain perform in each category?
Provides further insights into how Spain scores across each Index category
COPD Index Key Takeaways
Data from the COPD Index revealed the following takeaways regarding COPD care in Spain.
Strong care guidelines, a robust tobacco policy, and a national COPD strategy
Excellent conditions for diagnosis and telemedicine, and good access to treatment and drugs, as well as universal health care service coverage, despite high inequality
Highest sex-based inequality in disability-adjusted life years attributable to COPD
Best Practices for COPD Care
Data from the COPD Index revealed the following best practices regarding COPD care in Spain.
Early recognition of patients at risk for hospital admission
Management of comorbidities in COPD by primary care
Multidimensional approach for patients with severe COPD and breathlessness
Challenges for COPD Care
Data from the COPD Index revealed the following challenges regarding COPD care in Spain.
Underdiagnosis of COPD
Detection of patients at the highest risk for poor outcomes
Treatment for patients who experience a high symptom burden and frequent exacerbations
Opportunities for COPD Care
Data from the COPD Index revealed the following opportunities regarding COPD care in Spain.
Early treatment according to risk stratification
Precision medicine for COPD
CT scans as biomarkers in COPD
Priorities for COPD Care
Data from the COPD Index revealed the following priorities regarding COPD care in Spain.
Address the decrease in spirometry numbers in primary care following the COVID-19 pandemic
Develop more referral units for severe COPD
Address the lack of implementation of pulmonary rehabilitation centres for primary care
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Sources
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