Burden of asthma exacerbations and health care utilization in pediatric patients with asthma in the US and England.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Data on asthma burden in pediatric patients are limited; this real-world study investigated exacerbation frequency and health care resource utilization (HCRU) in pediatric asthma patients from the US and England.

Methods

Data from pediatric patients (aged 6-17 years) in the Optum claims database (US) or Clinical Practice Research Datalink with linkage to Hospital Episode Statistics (England) were analyzed. Patients were categorized into four hierarchical groups: treated asthma (patients with ≥1 baseline asthma medication), severe asthma (plus Global Initiative for Asthma Step 4/5), severe refractory asthma ([SRA] plus ≥2 baseline severe asthma exacerbations), and eosinophilic SRA (SRA plus blood eosinophil count ≥150 cells/µL). Exacerbation frequency and HCRU duri

SUBMITTER: Gokhale M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7212194 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature