Department of Thoracic Surgery, Temple University Hospital, 3401 N. Broad Street, Suite C501, Parkinson Pavilion, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA.
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA.
Thorac Surg Clin. 2022 Feb;32(1):43-49. doi: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2021.09.006.
The many socioeconomic disparities in the myriad of diagnoses that make up benign lung diseases are unfortunately a global issue that was most recently highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. In this chapter, we will be reviewing the socioeconomic disparities in benign lung disease from both a United States perspective as well as a global perspective. We will cover the spectrum of infectious, obstructive, and restrictive lung disease and review the evidence on how social disparities affect these populations and their access to medical care.
不幸的是,构成良性肺部疾病的众多诊断中的许多社会经济差异是一个全球性问题,这在 2020 年的 COVID-19 大流行中得到了最充分的体现。在本章中,我们将从美国和全球两个角度来回顾良性肺部疾病中的社会经济差异。我们将涵盖传染性、阻塞性和限制性肺部疾病,并回顾有关社会差异如何影响这些人群及其获得医疗保健的证据。