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Observational studyAllergy2025

Economic Impact of Allergic Diseases and Asthma-The HEAD Pan-European Registry.

Ioana Agache, Maria Torres, Ibon Eguiluz-Gracia, Elena Bradatan, Kamal El Abd, Maria Beatrice Bilo, Federica Rivolta, Andrea Sangalli, Roxana Bumbacea, Selda Ali and 7 more

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Observational study in Allergy, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Estimation of the indirect costs associated with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis in Spain: an analysis from a societal perspective.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026
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  9. Rethinking asthma therapy, part 1: transdermal delivery of βJournal of pharmacy & pharmaceutical sciences : a publication of the Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Societe canadienne des sciences pharmaceutiques · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Ioana AgacheAllergy & Clinical Immunology, Transylvania University, Brasov, Romania.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7994-364X
Maria TorresAllergy Unit and Research Group, Hospital Regional Universitario de Malaga and IBIMA-Plataforma BIONAND, RICORS Inflammatory Diseases, Malaga, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5228-471X
Ibon Eguiluz-GraciaAllergy Unit and Research Group, Hospital Regional Universitario de Malaga and IBIMA-Plataforma BIONAND, RICORS Inflammatory Diseases, Malaga, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3774-931X
Elena BradatanPneumology-Allergology Unit, Pediatrics Department, Centre Hospitalier Régional de Namur, Namur, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7796-4674
Kamal El AbdCentre Pédiatrique d'Allergologie, CHC MontLégia, Liège, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1873-2616
Maria Beatrice BiloDepartment of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9324-6039
Federica RivoltaAllergy Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4693-5632
Andrea SangalliAllergy Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8762-9212
Roxana BumbaceaAllergology Department, 'Carol Davila' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9339-1159
Selda AliAllergology Department, 'Carol Davila' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1669-3975
Dario AntolinAllergy Department, Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Ramón y Cajal Health Research Institute (IRyCIS), Universidad Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5699-4022
Águeda Concepción Lario CuendaHospital de Mérida, Mérida, Badajoz, Spain.
Vicente AlbéndizAllergy Unit and Research Group, Hospital Regional Universitario de Malaga and IBIMA-Plataforma BIONAND, RICORS Inflammatory Diseases, Malaga, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4574-3444
Maria Miguel OliveiraISAMB - Institute of Environmental Health, Associate Laboratory TERRA, Lisbon School of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9160-0157
Paulo Jorge NogueiraISAMB - Institute of Environmental Health, Associate Laboratory TERRA, Lisbon School of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8316-5035
Loreto CarmonaInstituto de Salud Musculoesquelética (Inmusc), Madrid, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4401-2551
HEAD Study Group

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Health Economics of Allergic Diseases (HEAD) registry is a European-based registry developed by the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology in collaboration with national allergy societies to facilitate standardised allergic disease management. Using an observational design, this first registry-based study describes care patterns for allergic diseases and their impact on the healthcare system (diagnostic and management costs), society (missed work/school days and disability pension/support) and patients (out-of-pocket costs) in 778 adults and children with allergic rhinitis, asthma, atopic dermatitis and food allergy, from four countries (Belgium, Italy, Romania and Spain). The average total costs per patient and per year were €1329.55 ± 1947.39, with indirect costs of €338.68 ± 1629.61. Direct costs consisted of €82.74 ± 585.90 for hospitalisations, €17.50 ± 125.07 for the emergency department, €172.94 ± 323.17 for specialists, €22.70 ± 132.42 for primary care, €4.85 ± 136.84 for psychologists, €21.24 ± 82.47 for diagnosis and €104.81 ± 469.26 for treatments. Indirect costs were out-of-pocket consultation fees (€16.24 ± 106.40), medications (€161.90 ± 710.58), transportation (€44.15 ± 218.51), private insurance (€16.77 ± 157.91), avoidance (€8.65 ± 92.99) and environmental control (€99.33 ± 955.23). Adults missed 1.02 ± 3.20 workdays, children missed 0.53 ± 2.18 schooldays and burdened their families with 1.38 ± 13.83 lost days. There was a high degree of heterogeneity across countries for management patterns and for costs. The significant burden of allergic diseases calls for immediate action for better management.

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AsthmaCost of IllnessHealth Care CostsHypersensitivityAdolescentAdultChildChild, PreschoolEuropeFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRegistriesYoung Adultallergic diseasesasthmaeconomic impactregistry

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PMID40391774
PMCPMC12186598

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