A Heavy Toll: Canadian Thoracic Society Report Reveals True Cost of Lung Disease
Many Canadians are unaware of heavy price of COPD on patients and the healthcare system
A review of Canadian data by the nation's leading lung specialists has provided the factual evidence to support what respirologists across the country have been suspecting for some time. Shockingly, more people are being admitted to Canadian hospitals each year with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) than any other major chronic illness (including heart attacks) and that number has been increasing dramatically in recent years. A new report released today by the Canadian Thoracic Society (CTS), entitled The Human and Economic Burden of COPD: A Leading Cause of Hospital Admission in Canada provides a somber view of the human and financial toll of COPD in Canada.
Read Globe and Mail public health reporter, Andre Picard's story on the growing burden of COPD here.