Burden of Illness, Primary Care Use, and Medication Utilization among US-México Border Children with Wheezing.
Mónica SiañezLinda HighfieldTimothy CollinsSara Elizabeth GrineskiPublished in: Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities (2019)
The burden of illness among these children was high; however, children with asthma-like symptoms were not faring worse than children with asthma symptoms and a diagnosis. Undiagnosed children were being evaluated and receiving treatment for their symptoms; however, by not receiving a diagnosis, they were eliciting an ameliorative rather than preventive treatment strategy.