Preschool children from lower household incomes experience inequality in asthma treatment: findings from a Danish nationwide cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The obligation to pay for asthma medication in a country with universal healthcare might lead to increased asthma exacerbations and inequitable healthcare access for children from low-income households. Thus, the aim of this study was to examine the association between household income and childhood/preschool asthma regarding hospitalization and medication receipt.

Methods

In this nationwide register-based cohort study, we encompassed all 3-year-old children residing in Denmark, born between 2000 and 2014, along with their linked parents and followed them until their sixth birthday. Household income was divided into quartiles. Asthma was categorized in two mutually exclusive groups as either the redemption of two prescriptions for asthma medication or receiving a

SUBMITTER: Renneberg CK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10843934 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature