Switching asthma patients to a once-daily inhaled steroid improves compliance and reduces healthcare costs

Primary Care Respiratory Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 88-98

  Guest, Julian F ^a   Davie, Alison M ^a   Ruiz, Francis J ^a   Greener, Mark J ^a  

^a CATALYST Health Economics Consultants   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Compliance; Costs; Economics; Inhaled steroids; Resource use

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 15744362248     PISSN: 14714418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcrj.2005.01.002     Document Type: Article

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