<div><p></p><p><i>Objectives</i>: Little is known about the disposition of severe patients prior to treatment escalation. To classify patients by treatment step using pharmacy data and describe their economic and healthcare utilization, insurance status, and sociodemographic characteristics in the year prior to escalation to Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) steps 4 and 5. <i>Methods</i>: This was a retrospective claims cohort study of asthma patients (age 12–75 years) newly initiated on “stable therapy” (three consecutive months of therapy) with omalizumab, high intensity corticosteroids (HICS; ≥1000 µg/d inhaled fluticasone equivalent or oral prednisone), or high-dose inhaled corticosteroid (HDICS; ≥500–<1000 µg/d fluticasone equivalent...
Background:Predictors of asthma exacerbations, poor asthma control, or extreme β-agonist overuse may...
Background Asthma is the most common chronic disease in childhood and places a significant burden on...
textAsthma-related morbidity and mortality rates have risen over the past 20 years, and asthma cont...
Objectives: Little is known about the disposition of severe patients prior to treatment escalation. ...
Jean-Pierre Llanos,1 Christopher F Bell,1 Elizabeth Packnett,2 Ellen Thiel,2 Debra E Irwin,2 Beth Ha...
Carlyne M Averell,1 David Hinds,2 Jolyon Fairburn-Beech,3 Benjamin Wu,1 Robson Lima4 1US Value Evide...
International audienceBACKGROUND: In asthma, choice of controller therapy and adherence to treatment...
[[abstract]]Background: Claims data are currently widely used as source data in asthma studies. Howe...
Background: Many severe asthma patients with high oral corticosteroid exposure (HOCS) often do not i...
Background: Clinical characteristics of the international population with severe asthma are unknown....
BackgroundIn asthma, choice of controller therapy and adherence to treatment can affect the risk of ...
International audienceBACKGROUND: Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) are the cornerstone of asthma therap...
ABSTRACT: The classification of asthmatics into severity categories is a crucial issue for assessing...
textAsthma is a prevalent chronic disease with high health care utilization and excessive costs. Adh...
BACKGROUND: Clinical characteristics of the international population with severe asthma are unknown....
Background:Predictors of asthma exacerbations, poor asthma control, or extreme β-agonist overuse may...
Background Asthma is the most common chronic disease in childhood and places a significant burden on...
textAsthma-related morbidity and mortality rates have risen over the past 20 years, and asthma cont...
Objectives: Little is known about the disposition of severe patients prior to treatment escalation. ...
Jean-Pierre Llanos,1 Christopher F Bell,1 Elizabeth Packnett,2 Ellen Thiel,2 Debra E Irwin,2 Beth Ha...
Carlyne M Averell,1 David Hinds,2 Jolyon Fairburn-Beech,3 Benjamin Wu,1 Robson Lima4 1US Value Evide...
International audienceBACKGROUND: In asthma, choice of controller therapy and adherence to treatment...
[[abstract]]Background: Claims data are currently widely used as source data in asthma studies. Howe...
Background: Many severe asthma patients with high oral corticosteroid exposure (HOCS) often do not i...
Background: Clinical characteristics of the international population with severe asthma are unknown....
BackgroundIn asthma, choice of controller therapy and adherence to treatment can affect the risk of ...
International audienceBACKGROUND: Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) are the cornerstone of asthma therap...
ABSTRACT: The classification of asthmatics into severity categories is a crucial issue for assessing...
textAsthma is a prevalent chronic disease with high health care utilization and excessive costs. Adh...
BACKGROUND: Clinical characteristics of the international population with severe asthma are unknown....
Background:Predictors of asthma exacerbations, poor asthma control, or extreme β-agonist overuse may...
Background Asthma is the most common chronic disease in childhood and places a significant burden on...
textAsthma-related morbidity and mortality rates have risen over the past 20 years, and asthma cont...