Characteristics of medicine use for children with asthma in China: a nationwide population-based study

• Published in: BMC pediatrics Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 740 - 12
• Main Authors: Wu, Ping, Xu, Baoping, Shen, Adong, Zeng, Huasong, Shen, Kunling
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 28.12.2022; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Administration, Inhalation; Adolescent; Anti-Asthmatic Agents - therapeutic use; Asthma; Asthma - diagnosis; Asthma - drug therapy; Asthma - epidemiology; Asthma in children; Child; Child, Preschool; China - epidemiology; Cross-Sectional Studies; Drug therapy; Forecasts and trends; Healthcare insurance data; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Medication; Pediatric pharmacology; Pediatrics; Theophylline - therapeutic use; China; Medication; Pediatrics; Healthcare insurance data; Asthma

To analyze the asthma medication use in Chinese children of different age groups, regions, and levels of cities in China, based on the 2015 Healthcare Insurance Data in China. The China Healthcare Insurance Research Association (CHIRA) database was searched for children from 0 to 14 years old diagno...