Healthcare resource consumption prior to asthma-related death: a nationwide descriptive study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although asthma mortality declined sharply until the mid-2000s, a stagnation in mortality has been observed over the past decade in different countries.

Objective

The objective of this study is to describe healthcare resource consumption for patients who died from asthma in France.

Method

This study was conducted using data from the French National Health Data System. Patients who died from asthma between 2013 and 2017 were identified by the ICD10 codes J45 and J46. Health care consumption data were collected. Patients were categorized into four categories according to age: ⩾75, (18-75), (12-18), (0-12). Daily doses of ICS were categorized according to GINA guidelines.

Results

A total of 3829 patients were included. No ICS or an inadequate ICS dose w

SUBMITTER: Guilleminault L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9577087 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature