The economic burden of asthma: direct and indirect costs in Switzerland
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The economic burden of asthma: direct and indirect costs in Switzerland.
Asthma mortality increased in Switzerland between 1980 and 1994. This study aimed to assess the economic burden of asthma in this country. Chart reviews were conducted for the last five patients seen for asthma in physician practices in 1996 and 1997. Direct expenditures and indirect costs for asthma-related morbidity were determined. A total of 589 patient charts were completely analysed, incl...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Respiratory Journal
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0903-1936,1399-3003
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3003.1999.13b10.x