Patients' views of the burden of asthma: A qualitative study

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 177, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 295-299

  Goeman, Dianne P ^a,b,c   Aroni, Rosalie A ^d   Stewart, Kay ^f   Sawyer, Susan M ^e   Thien, Francis C K ^a,c   Abramson, Michael J ^a,c   Douglass, Jo A ^a,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CRC for Asthma   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; CALCIUM; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTISONE; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; PREDNISOLONE; SALBUTAMOL; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG COST; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FINANCE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOARSENESS; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; INFORMED CONSENT; LIFE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SIDE EFFECT; SOCIAL LIFE; SORE THROAT; TAPE RECORDER; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THRUSH; TREMOR; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0037120578     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb04786.x     Document Type: Article

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