Persistent asthma: Disease control, resource utilisation and direct costs

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 260-267

  Van Ganse, E ^a   Laforest, L ^a   Pietri, G ^a   Boissel, J P ^a   Gormand, F ^a   Ben Joseph, R ^a   Ernst, P ^a  

^a EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Asthma; Control; Health economics; Resource utilisation; Severity; Therapy

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0035989744     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.02.02542001     Document Type: Article

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