Health and cost impact of stepping down asthma medication for UK patients, 2001-2017: A population-based observational study.
<h4>Background</h4>Guidelines recommend stepping down asthma treatment to the minimum effective dose to achieve symptom control, prevent adverse side effects, and reduce costs. Limited data exist on asthma prescription patterns in a real-world setting. We aimed to evaluate the appropriat...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2020-07-01
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| Series: | PLoS Medicine |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003145 |