Urgent Care Costs of Uncontrolled Asthma in Canada, 2004

It has been more than a decade since Krahn evaluated the direct and indirect costs of asthma in Canada. Asthma is often uncontrolled and the cost of providing urgent care has not been determined. Hospitalizations, unscheduled physician visits, emergency department visits, drug treatments and ambulan...

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Main Authors: Soo Jin Seung, Nicole Mittmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2005-01-01
Series:Canadian Respiratory Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2005/478764
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description It has been more than a decade since Krahn evaluated the direct and indirect costs of asthma in Canada. Asthma is often uncontrolled and the cost of providing urgent care has not been determined. Hospitalizations, unscheduled physician visits, emergency department visits, drug treatments and ambulance rides are resources used by the uncontrolled asthmatic population, resulting in $162 million in costs annually. Improved control of asthma could decrease these costs.
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spelling doaj-art-e40560e9434f4554834a6292d5bbecb92025-08-20T02:21:34ZengWileyCanadian Respiratory Journal1198-22412005-01-0112843543610.1155/2005/478764Urgent Care Costs of Uncontrolled Asthma in Canada, 2004Soo Jin Seung0Nicole Mittmann1HOPE Research Centre, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook and Women’s College Health Sciences Centre, CanadaHOPE Research Centre, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook and Women’s College Health Sciences Centre, CanadaIt has been more than a decade since Krahn evaluated the direct and indirect costs of asthma in Canada. Asthma is often uncontrolled and the cost of providing urgent care has not been determined. Hospitalizations, unscheduled physician visits, emergency department visits, drug treatments and ambulance rides are resources used by the uncontrolled asthmatic population, resulting in $162 million in costs annually. Improved control of asthma could decrease these costs.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2005/478764
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