ArticleThe Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma2007
An economic evaluation of asthma action plans for children with asthma.
Article in The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Economic evidence for nonpharmacological asthma management interventions: A systematic review.Allergy · 2018Pooled it
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- Lifetime patient outcomes and healthcare utilization for Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) and extreme preterm infants: a microsimulation study.BMC pediatrics · 2020Article
- Do Written Asthma Action Plans Improve Outcomes?Pediatric allergy, immunology, and pulmonology · 2016Review
- Economic evaluation of enhanced asthma management: a systematic review.Pharmacy practice · 2014Article
- Asthma School Program in children and their parents.World journal of pediatrics : WJP · 2008Article
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Abstract
The costs and effectiveness of asthma action plans for children were evaluated in a cross-sectional economic analysis. Direct health care and indirect costs, nights with symptoms, and asthma attacks were measured in 879 Ontario children with asthma. From a societal perspective, the total annual costs of the asthma action plan and the control groups were CDN$6,948 and CDN$6,140 per patient, respectively. Health outcomes were similar. The difference in cost was attributable to greater medication and health services use in the intervention group. Prospective randomized trials are necessary to measure potential improvements in control of asthma using asthma action plans.
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