Economic burden of impairment in children with severe or difficult-to-treat asthma

SJ Szefler, RS Zeiger, T Haselkorn, DR Mink… - Annals of Allergy …, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The cost associated with asthma impairment in children with severe
asthma has not been determined. OBJECTIVE: To assess the asthma cost burden in
children with severe or difficult-to-treat asthma based on asthma impairment. METHODS:
Children aged 6 to 12 years in The Epidemiology and Natural History of Asthma: Outcomes
and Treatment Regimens study with available data at baseline (n= 628), month 12 (n= 385),
and month 24 (n= 280) corresponding to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute …