Asthma-related resource use and cost by GINA classification of severity in three European countries

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 140-147

  Van Ganse, E ^a   Antonicelli, L ^b   Zhang, Q ^c   Laforest, L ^a   Yin, D D ^c   Nocea, G ^d   Sazonov Kocevar, Vasilisa ^c  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

^b Azienda Ospedaliera Umberto I   (Italy)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d Medical affairs Merck sharp and Dohme ltd   (Spain)

Author keywords

Asthma; Cost of illness; Europe; GINA guidelines; Health care utilization; Severity; Specialist

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; COHORT STUDIES; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPAIN;

EID: 29844448467     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2005.03.041     Document Type: Article

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