Lower physician estimate of underlying asthma severity leads to undertreatment.
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- 27 January 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of internal medicine (1960)
- Vol. 163 (2) , 231-236
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.163.2.231
Abstract
ASTHMA, CHARACTERIZED by intermittent, reversible airway obstruction, is a chronic disease that leads to considerable morbidity and health care utilization. There is substantial evidence that undertreatment of asthma is common,1-6 despite the availability of national treatment guidelines since 1991.7-10 There are many causes of asthma undertreatment, including patients' nonadherence to prescribed asthma treatment.11 However, physicians' nonadherence to national guidelines recommendations may also play an important role.12-14This publication has 17 references indexed in Scilit:
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