ArticleJournal of asthma and allergy2021
Childhood Asthma - The Effect of Asthma Specialist Intervention on Asthma Control: A Retrospective Review.
Article in Journal of asthma and allergy, 2021. 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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- Effect of the Telemedicine Enhanced Asthma Management-Uniting Providers (TEAM-UP) Program on Asthma Outcomes: A Randomized Clinical Trial.The Journal of pediatrics · 2026Trial
- Associations of rurality, child opportunity, and distance with use of pediatric asthma specialists.The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology · 2026Article
- Evidence-Based Clinical Recommendations for the Appropriate Use of Diagnostic Tests in Pediatric Allergology: Focus on Asthma, Rhinoconjunctivitis, and Keratoconjunctivitis Vernal.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Health Insurance Type and Outpatient Specialist Care Among Children With Asthma.JAMA network open · 2024Article
- The effect of asthma specialist intervention on asthma control among adults.The World Allergy Organization journal · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundChildhood asthma is the most common chronic disease throughout the western world. Improving asthma control is a leading health management goal. PURPOSE: To evaluate the effect of an intervention by a visit to an asthma specialist on asthma control in children. MATERIALS AND
methodsThis retrospective study was conducted using the electronic database of Maccabi Health Services. All members ages 5-16 with an asthma diagnosis during 2000-2016, and at least one visit to a specialist were included. Asthma outcomes during the 2 years before and after the visit to the asthma specialist were compared.
resultsA total of 37,066 children were diagnosed with asthma. Among them, 13,533 (36.5%) had at least one visit to an asthma specialist and were included. Children with asthma visited their primary care physician more often in the period before the specialist visit (4.4± 4.4 vs 3.16± 3.9 visits, respectively; p<0.01). After visiting a specialist, average number of visits to emergency departments (0.52± 1.3 vs 0.45±1), all cause hospitalizations (0.13±0.45 vs 0.08±0.4) and hospitalizations due to asthma exacerbations (0.08±0.345 vs 0.05±0.3) decreased (p<0.01 for all comparisons). Prescription of short-acting beta agonists decreased (2.85±3.6 vs 2.2 ±3.7, p<0.01) and inhaled steroid prescriptions increased (1.9±2.9 vs 2.7±3.7, p<0.01), respectively, after the intervention. A substantial reduction in the prescription of corticosteroids (0.81±1.9 vs 0.43±1.4, p<0.01) after specialist visit was also noted.
conclusionWe found significant positive outcomes after a single consultation with an asthma specialist. Referring pediatric asthma patients to an asthma specialist should be one of the goals of an asthma management plan.
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