Allergy immunotherapy: Reduced health care costs in adults and children with allergic rhinitis

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1084-1091

  Hankin, Cheryl S ^a   Cox, Linda ^b   Bronstone, Amy ^a   Wang, Zhaohui ^a  

^a BioMedEcon LLC   (United States)

^b affiliation with Nova Southeastern College of Osteopathic Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

administrative claims; Allergic rhinitis; allergy immunotherapy; costs; health care use; matched cohort; Medicaid; retrospective

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLERGEN SPECIFIC IMMUNOTHERAPY; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAID; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875722029     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2012.12.662     Document Type: Article

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