Background Although anti-asthma medications are amongst those most frequently under or
over prescribed it is generally accepted that prescriptions for such agents can be used as a …

To estimate the prevalence and evaluate the appropriateness of anti‐asthmatic drug
prescriptions in an Italian paediatric population, drug prescriptions involving 24,407 …

Objective The objective of this study was to analyse inter-and intra-country quantitative and
qualitative differences in anti-asthmatic prescriptions to children and adolescents. Methods …

To assess the level of concordance with international consensus on asthma management,
we compared primary care prescribing patterns for asthma in different European countries. A …

Asthma drugs are amongst the most frequently used drugs in childhood, but international
comparisons on type and indication of use are lacking. The aim of this study was to describe …

Objective To evaluate anti-asthmatic drug prescriptions in a large Italian paediatric
population. Methods Prescriptions involving 417,559 children younger than 14 years old …

Background and objective The validity of using self-reported or parental reported asthma
symptoms and/or doctor-diagnosed asthma in the estimation of asthma prevalence among …

Methods Patient specific data were collected on anti-asthmatics (ATC-group R03)
prescribed for children aged 0-15 years in 1998. Data included a total of 381,557 …

Abstract Purpose Stock et al.(Eur Respir J 25: 47–53, 2005) recently estimated asthma
prevalence in Germany using claims data on prescriptions and hospital diagnoses and …

Abstract Background and Aims When investigating and treating asthma in children,
diagnosing must be precise and valid. There is a need for studies researching asthma in …