Cost-effectiveness of the School-Based Asthma Therapy (SBAT) program.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

Impoverished urban children suffer disproportionately from asthma and underuse preventive asthma medications. The objective of this study was to examine cost-effectiveness (CE) of the School-Based Asthma Therapy (SBAT) program compared with usual care (UC).

Methods

The analysis was based on the SBAT trial, including 525 children aged 3 to 10 years attending urban preschool or elementary school who were randomized to either UC or administration of 1 dose of preventive asthma medication at school by the school nurse each school day. The primary outcome was the mean number of symptom-free days (SFDs). The impact of the intervention on medical costs was estimated by using parent-reported child health services utilization data and average national reimbur

SUBMITTER: Noyes K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3581846 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature