Trends and predictors of asthma costs: Results from a 10-year longitudinal study

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 801-809

  Tan, Ngiap Chuan ^a,b   Nguyen, Hai V ^b   Lye, Weng Kit ^b   Sankari, Usha ^b   Nadkarni, Nivedita V ^b  

^a SINGHEALTH POLYCLINICS   (Singapore)

^b DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LONG ACTING DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG COST; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE; SMOKING HABIT; TREND STUDY; ADOLESCENT; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG COSTS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGAPORE; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959886895     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00188-2015     Document Type: Article

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