Asthma expenditures in the United States comparing 2004 to 2006 and 1996 to 1998

• Published in: The American journal of managed care Vol. 18; no. 9; p. 499
• Main Authors: Rank, Matthew A, Liesinger, Juliette T, Ziegenfuss, Jeanette Y, Branda, Megan E, Lim, Kaiser G, Yawn, Barbara P, Li, James T, Shah, Nilay D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.09.2012
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Anti-Asthmatic Agents - economics; Anti-Asthmatic Agents - therapeutic use; Asthma - drug therapy; Asthma - economics; Child; Child, Preschool; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Health Care Costs; Health Care Surveys; Health Expenditures - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Statistics as Topic; United States; Young Adult; United States

To describe how the types of healthcare expenditures for patients with asthma have changed over the past decade. Cross-sectional comparison between individuals from 1996 to 1998 and 2004 to 2006. Expenditures among US individuals (aged 5 to 56 years) with asthma were compared using the 1996 to 1998...