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Beyond direct costs: individual and societal financial burden of asthma in young adults in a Danish nationwide study.

Kjell Erik Julius HåkanssonAnders LøkkeRikke IbsenOle HilbergVibeke BackerCharlotte Suppli Ulrik
Published in: BMJ open respiratory research (2023)
In young adults with asthma, a significant societal and individual financial burden of disease was seen across severities. Expenditure was mainly driven by loss of income and welfare utilisation, rather than direct healthcare costs.
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