ArticlePediatric pulmonology2021
Unexpected decline in pediatric asthma morbidity during the coronavirus pandemic.
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- Benefits and Barriers of Caregiver App Engagement for Supporting Diverse Children With Asthma: Mixed Methods Study.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2025Article
- Preschool Asthma Children: Navigating COVID-19's Impact on Treatment Adherence.Turkish archives of pediatrics · 2025Article
- Effects of nonpharmaceutical interventions during COVID-19 pandemic on pediatric asthma exacerbations and viral infections.The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. Global · 2024Article
- The relationship between changes in peak expiratory flow and asthma exacerbations in asthmatic children.BMC pediatrics · 2024Article
- Changes in asthma emergency department visits in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic.The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma · 2023Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 on asthma control among children: A systematic review.Journal of public health research · 2023Review
- Impact of infections on the incidence of acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy in children.Annals of the Child Neurology Society · 2023Article
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- The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on community respiratory virus activity.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2023Review
- Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Prescribing of Antiasthmatic Treatments in Portugal: A Nationwide Study.Clinical therapeutics · 2023Article
- Lockdown Fatigue in Pediatric Respiratory Patients: Lessons from the First COVID-19 Year.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- A population-based serological study of post-COVID syndrome prevalence and risk factors in children and adolescents.Nature communications · 2022Article
- Allergic diseases and immunodeficiencies in children, lessons learnt from COVID-19 pandemic by 2022: A statement from the EAACI-section on pediatrics.Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology · 2022Article
- Mediating Role of Fine Particles Abatement on Pediatric Respiratory Health During COVID-19 Stay-at-Home Order in San Diego County, California.GeoHealth · 2022Article
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- A response to COVID-19 school closures: The feasibility of a school-linked text message intervention as an adaptation to school-supervised asthma therapy.Pediatric pulmonology · 2022Article
- Caregiver Perceptions of Change in Pediatric Asthma Control During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of asthma and allergy · 2022Article
- Asthma as a risk factor for hospitalization in children with COVID-19: A nested case-control study.Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology · 2022Article
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Abstract
The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic profoundly impacted health care utilization. We evaluated asthma-related emergency department (ED) and inpatient health care utilization by a county-specific Medicaid population, ages 2-18, during the COVID-19 pandemic and compared it to utilization from a 3-year average including 2017-2019. All-cause ED utilization and asthma medication fill rates were evaluated during the same timeframes. Relative to the 2017-2019 3-year average, cumulative asthma-related ED visits from January through June decreased by 45.8% (p = .03) and inpatient admission rates decreased by 50.5% (p = .03). The decline in asthma-related ED utilization was greater than the reduction of overall ED use during the same time period, suggesting that the decline involved factors specific to asthma and was not due solely to avoidance of health care facilities. Fill rates for asthma controller medications decreased during this time (p = .03) and quick relief medication fill rates had no significant change (p = .31). Multiple factors may have contributed to the decrease in acute asthma health care visits. Locally, decreased air pollution and viral exposures coincided with the "Stay-at-home" order in Ohio, and increased utilization of telehealth for assessment during exacerbations may have impacted outcomes. Identification of the cause of the decline in visit rates could spur new interventions to limit the need for ED and inpatient visits for asthma patients, leading to both economic and health-associated benefits.
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