The roadmap for the Allergology specialty and allergy care in Europe and adjacent countries. An EAACI position paper.

ABSTRACT: The high prevalence of allergic diseases warrants for sufficient health care provisions available to patients with allergic diseases. Allergy care should be delivered by well-trained specialists. However, the current status of allergy care is not well documented. For this reason a survey among European and a few non-European countries was launched by the National Allergy Society Committee from the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology and the Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes section and board of Allergology. The survey shows that in the vast majority of countries allergy care services are available. However, a substantial heterogeneity is reported regarding recognition of the full specialty, the number of practicing specialists or subspecialists, and training aspect

SUBMITTER: Fyhrquist N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6345018 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature