Impact of comorbid asthma on severity of coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

SC Lee, KJ Son, CH Han, JY Jung, SC Park - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
The severity of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is associated with various comorbidities.
However, no studies have yet demonstrated the potential risk of respiratory failure and …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation and management of difficult-to-treat and severe asthma: an expert opinion from the Korean Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Clinical Immunology …

BK Kim, SY Park, GY Ban, MA Kim, JH Lee… - Allergy, Asthma & …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Severe asthma (SA) presents in about 3%–5% of adult asthmatics and is responsible for
over 60% of asthma-related medical expenses, posing a heavy socioeconomic burden …

Prevalence and socioeconomic burden of diabetes mellitus in South Korean adults: a population-based study using administrative data

SH Oh, H Ku, KS Park - BMC Public Health, 2021 - Springer
Background Diabetes leads to severe complications and imposes health and financial
burdens on the society. However, currently existing domestic public health studies of …

Risk factors of asthma exacerbation based on asthma severity: a nationwide population-based observational study in South Korea

HR Kang, HJ Song, JH Nam, SH Hong, SY Yang… - BMJ open, 2018 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Asthma exacerbation, associated with many risks factors, can reflect
management failure. However, little is known about how risk factors are associated with …

Medical costs and productivity loss due to mild, moderate, and severe asthma in the United States

HJ Song, KV Blake, DL Wilson… - Journal of Asthma …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Background Little is known about economic and productivity loss by severity of asthma. We
investigate health-care utilization, direct medical costs, and indirect costs due to productivity …

[HTML][HTML] Health care costs and resource utilization for different asthma severity stages in Colombia: a claims data analysis

Á Flórez-Tanus, D Parra, J Zakzuk, L Caraballo… - World Allergy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Asthma is one of the most common chronic respiratory conditions worldwide.
Asthma-related economic burden has been reported in Latin America, but knowledge about …

Inhaled corticosteroids in asthma and the risk of pneumonia

MH Kim, CK Rhee, JS Shim, SY Park… - Allergy, Asthma & …, 2019 - synapse.koreamed.org
Purpose Asthma is a common disease that is expensive and burdensome for patients.
Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) are the most important drugs for asthma treatment and are …

Health-related quality of life and health utilities of mild, moderate, and severe asthma: Evidence from the medical expenditure panel survey

HJ Song, KV Blake, DL Wilson… - Journal of Asthma …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background Little information is known about the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and
the patient's preference values by the severity of asthma. We evaluated the HRQOL and …

Incremental economic burden associated with exudative age-related macular degeneration: a population-based study

S Kim, SJ Park, SJ Byun, KH Park, HS Suh - BMC health services research, 2019 - Springer
Background The exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD) causes considerable
healthcare costs for patients and healthcare system, which are expected to grow as the …

A retrospective cohort study evaluating healthcare resource utilization in patients with asthma in Japan

H Inoue, M Kozawa, KL Milligan, M Funakubo… - npj Primary Care …, 2019 - nature.com
Although the global economic burden of asthma is well described, detailed data regarding
Asia, particularly for Japan, are relatively scarce. This retrospective study aims to fill this …