Incremental direct expenditure of treating asthma in the United States

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-80

  Kamble, Shital ^a   Bharmal, Murtuza ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b IQVIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Asthma; Children; Cost; Expenditures; Generalized linear model; MEPS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DRUG COST; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; AMBULATORY CARE; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FACTUAL DATABASE; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL MODEL;

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ASTHMA; CHILD; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60549087960     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02770900802503107     Document Type: Article

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