Background: This study is aimed at providing a real-world evaluation of the economic cost of
persistent asthma among European adults according to the degree of disease control [as …

Asthma represents a growing public health problem and the cost of asthma has been rising
in many countries. The aim of this study was to estimate the direct and indirect cost of …

Background: Despite national disease management plans, optimal asthma management
remains a challenge in Australia. Community pharmacists are ideally placed to implement …

BACKGROUND: Epidemiologic evidence related to asthma control in patients from the
general population is scanty. OBJECTIVES: We sought to assess asthma control in several …

The role of genetic and environmental factors, as well as their interaction, in the natural
history of asthma, allergic rhinitis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is …

Introduction: Recent studies have shown a remarkably high frequency of poorly controlled
asthma. Several reasons for this treatment failure have been discussed, however, the basic …

BACKGROUND: The natural history of asthma severity is poorly known. OBJECTIVE: To
investigate prognostic factors of asthma severity. METHODS: All current patients with asthma …

Abstract Background/Aims: Up to now, few cost-of-illness (COI) studies have estimated the
cost of adult asthma at an individual level on general population samples. We sought to …

OBJECTIVES: To estimate the prevalence of partly controlled and uncontrolled asthmatic
patients, to evaluate quality of life and healthcare resource consumption. METHODS: Cross …

Background: Several studies have provided evidence of a strong association between
asthma and allergic or nonallergic rhinitis, leading to the hypothesis that allergic rhinitis (AR) …