Variability in Diagnosed Asthma in Young Children in a Large Pediatric Primary Care Network.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Our objectives were to 1) quantify the frequency of wheezing episodes and asthma diagnosis in young children in a large pediatric primary care network and 2) assess the variability in practice-level asthma diagnosis, accounting for common asthma risk factors and comorbidities. We hypothesized that significant variability in practice-level asthma diagnosis rates would remain after adjusting for associated predictors.

Methods

We generated a retrospective longitudinal birth cohort of children who visited 1 of 31 pediatric primary care practices within the first 6 months of life from 1/2005 to 12/2016. Children were observed for up to 8 years or until the end of the observation window. We used multivariable discrete time survival models to evaluate predictors of asthma

SUBMITTER: Kenyon CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8628349 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep - Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature