Direct costs of asthma in Brazil: a comparison between controlled and uncontrolled asthmatic patients

Asthma is a common chronic illness that imposes a heavy burden on all aspects of the patient's life, including personal and health care cost expenditures. To analyze the direct cost associated to uncontrolled asthma patients, a cross-sectional study was conducted to determine costs related to p...

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Main Authors: L.A. Santos, M.A. Oliveira, S.M. Faresin, I.L. Santoro, A.L.G. Fernandes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2007-07-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2007000700008