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ArticleHealthcare policy = Politiques de sante2013

The rising prevalence of asthma: true increase, diagnostic exchange or diagnostic accuracy?

Randall R Fransoo, Patricia J Martens, Need to Know Team, Heather J Prior, Alan Katz, Elaine Burland, Nathan C Nickel, Dan Chateau

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Article in Healthcare policy = Politiques de sante, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Randall R FransooSenior Research Scientist, Manitoba Centre for Health Policy (MCHP), Assistant Professor, Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB.
Patricia J Martens
Need to Know Team
Heather J Prior
Alan Katz
Elaine Burland
Nathan C Nickel
Dan Chateau

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the midst of frequent reports about "the asthma epidemic," results from a number of studies by the manitoba centre for health policy have shown stable or decreasing prevalence of an overall indicator of respiratory diseases which includes asthma. To resolve these apparently contrary findings, we conducted a time trend analysis using administrative data. results revealed significant potential for diagnostic exchange: asthma prevalence increased, but that of bronchitis decreased.

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AdolescentAdultAgedAge FactorsAsthmaBronchitisChildChild, PreschoolHumansInfantManitobaMiddle AgedPrevalenceRespiratory Tract DiseasesYoung Adult

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PMID23968635
PMCPMC3999527

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