Cost-effectiveness of fluticasone propionate for asthma episodes in Japanese patients with asthma - Fluticasone INvestigation of Asthma Episode (FINE) study

Japanese Journal of Allergology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 542-553

  Miyamoto, Terumasa ^a   Morita, Yutaka ^a   Tamura, Gen ^b   Tohda, Yuji ^c   Arakawa, Ichiro ^d   Shiragami, Makoto ^d  

^a OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asthma; Economics; Emergency room; Fluticasone propionate; Hospitalization

Indexed keywords

FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SHORT ACTING DRUG; ANDROSTANE DERIVATIVE; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; FLUTICASONE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; JAPAN;

ADULT; ANDROSTADIENES; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE;

EID: 33748803905     PISSN: 00214884     EISSN: 13477935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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