Prescribing patterns of asthma controller therapy for children in UK primary care: a cross-sectional observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Asthma management guidelines recommend a stepwise approach to instituting and adjusting anti-inflammatory controller therapy for children with asthma. The objective of this retrospective observational study was to describe prescribing patterns of asthma controller therapies for children in a primary care setting.

Methods

Data from the UK General Practice Research Database were examined for children with recorded asthma or recurrent wheezing who, from September 2006 through February 2007, were < or = 14 years old at the time of a first asthma controller prescription after > or = 6 months without a controller prescription. We evaluated demographic characteristics, asthma duration, comorbidities, asthma-related health care resource use, and prescribed daily dose of c

SUBMITTER: Thomas M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2882363 | biostudies-literature | 2010 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature