What is the cost of asthma to employers?

Drug Benefit Trends

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2003, Pages

  Atherly, Adam ^a,b   Williams, Seymour G ^b   Redd, Stephen C ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Cost control; Disease management; Risk pool, employer insured

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BUDESONIDE; CHLOROFLUOROCARBON; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; FLUNISOLIDE; FLUTICASONE; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE PLUS SALMETEROL; FORMOTEROL; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METHYLXANTHINE DERIVATIVE; MONTELUKAST; NEDOCROMIL; PREDNISOLONE; SALMETEROL; THEOPHYLLINE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; ZAFIRLUKAST; ZILEUTON;

ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; EMERGENCY WARD; EMPLOYER; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; METERED DOSE INHALER; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRODUCTIVITY; REVIEW;

EID: 0348163581     PISSN: 10805826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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