Improvement of asthma control with a breath-actuated pressurised metred dose inhaler (BAI): A prescribing claims study of 5556 patients using a traditional pressurised metred dose inhaler (MDI) or a breath-actuated device

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 12-19

  Price, D ^a   Thomas, M ^a   Mitchell, G ^b   Niziol, C ^b   Featherstone, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Decision Resources Group   (United Kingdom)

^c IVAX Pharmaceutical UK Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Beclomethasone; Breath actuated; Control; Easi Breathe ; Inhaler; Resource use; Salbutamol; 2 agonists

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEVICE; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METERED DOSE INHALER; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME;

EID: 0037235266     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rmed.2002.1426     Document Type: Review

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