Slovakia Severe Asthma Index

Slovakia is among the lowest scorers in terms of Policy Context, lacking both an asthma strategy and severe asthma guidelines, and having no alignment of national care guidelines with international guidelines, and no severe asthma registries. While higher than Slovakia’s Policy Context score, the country also scores low in Access and Care Coverage. This is due to limited access to treatment, especially biologics and digital therapeutics. Positively, Slovakia’s tobacco control laws and access to specialist care are above average and its unmet need is below average. Despite scoring low in the Policy Context and Access and Care Coverage, Slovakia scores above average in the Health System Characteristics category, with one of the lowest rates of annual asthma hospitalisation and one of the highest proportions of respiratory specialists.