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## OBJECTIVE: This study estimated the direct, indirect, and total costs of asthma and evaluated the impact of symptom severity, disease control, and the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program treatment guidelines on cost of asthma care using patient survey data. METHODS: Data were obtained from a 1993 US household survey to determine the costs of asthma (N ϭ 698). Costs were developed by assigning unit costs to reported medical utilization and unpaid resource usage and were reported in 1994 US dollars. A multivariate regression model was developed to determine factors associated with higher asthma costs. ## RESULTS: The average annual total cost of asthma care was US$966 per person, ranging from US$47 (controlled symptoms) to US$7030 (uncontrolled symptoms). Costs for uncontrolled patients were due mainly to costs of hospitalization and indirect costs of missed days from work. Based on the reported incidence of asthma in the United States, the cost of asthma care is estimated at US$9.6 billion. Significant predictors of higher direct, indirect, and total costs of asthma include symptom severity (p Ͻ 0.001) and following pharmacotherapy guidelines (p Ͻ 0.01). Younger age

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Author

KA Johnson; RL Ernst; AE Ogostalick

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Elsevier ; Elsevier Ltd.; Elsevier BV (ISSN 1098-3015)

Published

1999

Language

EN

Field

Economics, Econometrics and Finance (Social Sciences)