The frequency of asthma exacerbations and healthcare utilization in patients with asthma from the UK and USA

• Published in: BMC pulmonary medicine Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 74 - 11
• Main Authors: Suruki, Robert Y., Daugherty, Jonas B., Boudiaf, Nada, Albers, Frank C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central 27.04.2017; BMC
• Subjects: Adrenal Cortex Hormones - therapeutic use; Adult; Adults; Asthma; Asthma - drug therapy; Asthma - epidemiology; Bronchodilator Agents - therapeutic use; Claims database; Clinical medicine; Corticosteroids; Costs; Costs and Cost Analysis; Databases, Factual; Disease Progression; Electronic medical records; Emergency Service, Hospital - economics; Exacerbation; Female; Health services utilization; Healthcare utilization; Hospitalization - economics; Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data; Hospitals; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Patient Acceptance of Health Care - statistics & numerical data; Patient admissions; Pharmacy; Proportional Hazards Models; Pulmonology; Retrospective Studies; Severe eosinophilic asthma; Severe uncontrolled asthma; Severity of Illness Index; Studies; United Kingdom - epidemiology; United States - epidemiology; Young Adult; United Kingdom > UK; United States > US; Exacerbation; Severe uncontrolled asthma; Claims database; Severe eosinophilic asthma; Healthcare utilization; Electronic medical records

Asthma exacerbations are frequent in patients with severe disease. This report describes results from two retrospective cohort studies describing exacerbation frequency and risk, emergency department (ED)/hospital re-admissions, and asthma-related costs by asthma severity in the US and UK. Patients...