Cost of asthma in children: A nationwide, population-based, cost-of-illness study.
Manuel Ferreira MagalhãesRita AmaralAna Margarida PereiraAna Sá-SousaInês AzevedoLuís Filipe Ribeiro de AzevedoJoão Almeida FonsecaPublished in: Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology (2018)
Costs of childhood asthma are high (0.9% of the healthcare expenditures in Portugal). Direct costs represented three-fourth of total costs, mainly related to the use of healthcare services for acute asthma care. Policies and interventions to improve asthma control and reduce acute use of healthcare services have the potential to reduce asthma costs.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- lung function
- allergic rhinitis
- liver failure
- primary care
- public health
- mental health
- respiratory failure
- drug induced
- affordable care act
- palliative care
- physical activity
- air pollution
- intensive care unit
- social media
- hepatitis b virus
- health insurance
- quality improvement
- climate change
- early life
- childhood cancer