Economic burden of asthma: a systematic review
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- 19 May 2009
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Pulmonary Medicine
- Vol. 9 (1) , 24
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-9-24
Abstract
Asthma is associated with enormous healthcare expenditures that include both direct and indirect costs. It is also associated with the loss of future potential earnings related to both morbidity and mortality. The objective of the study is to determine the burden of disease costs associated with asthma.Keywords
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