Implementing spirometry and fractional exhaled nitric oxide testing in childhood asthma management in UK primary care: an observational study to examine training and implementation cost and impact on patient's health use and outcome.
Yaling YangDavid Kh LoCaroline BeardsmoreDamian T RolandMatthew RichardsonLesley DanversAndrew WilsonErol A GaillardPublished in: Archives of disease in childhood (2021)
This study provides robust cost estimates of the resources needed to implement the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence asthma guideline. It also demonstrates the potential to save healthcare costs and improve health status among asthmatic children by implementing this guideline.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- quality improvement
- lung function
- primary care
- nitric oxide
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- public health
- mental health
- health information
- cystic fibrosis
- young adults
- air pollution
- allergic rhinitis
- case report
- human health
- hydrogen peroxide
- risk assessment
- cross sectional
- nitric oxide synthase
- social media
- childhood cancer
- virtual reality