Respiratory diseases pose a substantial burden on the global health system, causing 8.2M deaths per year. But because respiratory disease is usually chronic and patients are frequently comorbid, elderly, or non-compliant, cost-effective treatment remains a challenge. Underdiagnosis, access difficulties, frequent exacerbations, and readmissions plague respiratory care.

We spoke with leading respiratory programmes across the globe to understand how they manage their patients across the care continuum. Our brief summarises our findings on how these programmes improve patient diagnosis, access to consult, treatment coordination, and follow-up to cost-effectively improve patient outcomes.

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