Validity of asthma diagnoses and patterns of anti-asthmatic drug use in a cohort of 2053 Danish children.

Sune Leisgaard Mørck RubakArne HøstLotte Brix ChristensenMette Sørensen LangfritsReimar Wernich Thomsen

Published in: Health science reports (2018)

Anti-asthmatic drug prescription data could be used to identify children with true asthma, with reasonable accuracy. The observed pattern of anti-asthmatic medication usage among children with and without confirmed asthma suggests that there is room for therapeutic improvement.

Keyphrases

lung function
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
young adults
cystic fibrosis
allergic rhinitis
air pollution
healthcare
data analysis