A cost analysis on the pattern of asthma prescribing in the UK

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 605-609

  Neville, R G ^a   Pearson, M G ^b   Richards, N ^b   Patience, J ^b   Sondhi, S ^b   Wagstaff, B ^b   Wells, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Asthma; Costs; Guidelines; Prescribing

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; FLUTICASONE; NEDOCROMIL; STEROID; THEOPHYLLINE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ADULT; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DRUG COSTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PRESCRIPTION FEES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEROIDS; THEOPHYLLINE;

EID: 0032851520     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3003.1999.14c20.x     Document Type: Article

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