Asthma Control and Cost in Latin America

Value in Health Regional Issues

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages 25-28

  Gold, Laura S ^a   Montealegre, Federico ^b,c   Allen Ramey, Felicia C ^c   Jardim, Jose ^d,e   Sansores, Raul ^f   Sullivan, Sean D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Baxter Bioscience   (Puerto Rico)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e AACD   (Brazil)

^f INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES RESPIRATORIAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) guidelines; Health care utilization; Hospitalization; Long term maintenance medications; Oral steroids

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG COST; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MEDICAL SERVICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; ADOLESCENT; ARGENTINA; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; PUERTO RICO; VENEZUELA;

EID: 84904561714     PISSN: 22121099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vhri.2014.06.007     Document Type: Article

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