Impact of Age and Sex on Outcomes and Hospital Cost of Acute Asthma in the United States, 2011-2012.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Worldwide, asthma is a leading cause of morbidity, mortality and economic burden, with significant gender and racial disparities. However, little attention has been given to the independent role of age on lifetime asthma severity and hospitalization. We aimed to assess the effect of age, gender, race and ethnicity on indicators of asthma severity including asthma related hospitalization, mortality, hospital cost, and the rate of respiratory failure.

Methods

We analyzed the 2011 and 2012 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project- National Inpatient Sample (NIS). We validated and extended those results using the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute-Severe Asthma Research Program (SARP; 2002-2011) database. Severe asthma was prospectively defined using the stringe

SUBMITTER: Zein JG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4905648 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature