Respiratory Medicine Department, University of Thessaly, School of Medicine, Biopolis (Mezourlo), 41110, Larissa, Greece.
Department of Computer Science and Biomedical Informatics, University of Thessaly, Lamia, Greece.
BMC Public Health. 2021 Mar 21;21(1):559. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-10621-2.
Pulmonary embolism (PE) epidemiological data about the disease prevalence in the general population are unclear. The present study aims to investigate the prevalence of PE in Greece and the associated temporal trends for the years 2013-2017.
Data on medical prescriptions for PE in the years 2013-2017 were provided by the Greek National Health Service Organization (EOPYY). Data on age, gender, specialty of the prescribing physician and prescription unit were provided as well.
The total number of medical prescriptions for PE for the study period was 101,426. Of the total prescriptions, 51% were issued by the Public Sector and 48% by the Private Sector. In 2013 the prevalence of PE was 5.43 cases per 100,000 citizens and increased constantly until 2017 with 23.79 cases per 100,000 population. Prevalence was higher in all years studied in the age group of 70-80 years. For the year 2017, we observed 69.35 cases per 100,000 population for subjects 70-80 years, followed by the ages 80-90 (60.58/100,000) and 60-70 years (56.47 /100,000). Females displayed higher PE prevalence than males and higher increasing trend.
PE prevalence has an increasing trend throughout the years 2013-2017 while prevalence in females is higher than males and displays a higher increasing trend. Our results may be used to appropriately organize nationwide health care campaigns aiming at the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of PE.
关于普通人群中肺栓塞（PE）疾病流行率的流行病学数据尚不清楚。本研究旨在调查 2013-2017 年希腊 PE 的流行率及其相关的时间趋势。
提供了 2013-2017 年希腊国家卫生服务组织（EOPYY）开具的用于治疗 PE 的医疗处方数据。还提供了有关年龄、性别、开具处方医生的专业和处方单位的数据。
研究期间用于治疗 PE 的医疗处方总数为 101426 张。总处方中，51%由公共部门开具，48%由私营部门开具。2013 年 PE 的流行率为每 10 万人 5.43 例，呈持续上升趋势，直至 2017 年达到每 10 万人 23.79 例。在所研究的所有年份中，70-80 岁年龄组的患病率均较高。2017 年，我们观察到 70-80 岁人群中每 10 万人中有 69.35 例，其次是 80-90 岁人群（60.58/100000）和 60-70 岁人群（56.47/100000）。女性的 PE 患病率高于男性，且呈上升趋势。
2013-2017 年期间，PE 的患病率呈上升趋势，而女性的患病率高于男性，且呈上升趋势。我们的研究结果可用于适当组织全国性的医疗保健运动，旨在诊断、治疗和预防 PE。
