Estonia Severe Asthma Index
Rank
(out of 24 countries)
27
Index Score
(out of 100)
52.69
Deaths
(as a % of overall deaths)
9.6%
Smoking Rate
4.3%
Above average performance
Average performance
Below average performance
Overview
Estonia displays one of the lowest scores in Access and Care Coverage mainly due to the highest reported percentage of unmet healthcare service needs as well as limited access to treatment, although Estonia displays one of the highest levels of access to biologics and adequate access to specialists and diagnostics. Estonia is one of the top scorers in terms of the Disease Burden category, with among the lowest levels of societal cost of asthma, asthma DALYs, and asthma deaths, despite a relatively high rate of adult tobacco use. Finally, Estonia displays the lowest Policy Context score with no asthma strategy or guidelines for severe asthma, low alignment of care with best practices, lack of severe asthma registry reporting, and limited tobacco control laws.
How does Estonia perform in each category?
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Estonia takeaways
Data from the Severe Asthma Index revealed the following key insights about severe asthma care in Estonia
Severe asthma guidelines and a national strategy for asthma would greatly improve Estonia’s Policy Context score
Estonia has the highest level of reported unmet health care needs in asthma care
Estonia has adequate access to respiratory specialists, diagnostics and medicines, including relatively high levels of access to biologics
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