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. 2018 Jan-Feb;6(1):295-297.e5.
doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2017.07.038. Epub 2017 Sep 19.

Trends in health care utilization for asthma exacerbations among diverse populations with asthma in the United States

Cosby Stone  1 , Tebeb Gebretsadik  2 , Rees L Lee  3 , Amber M Evans  4 , Tina V Hartert  1 , Edward Mitchel  5 , James Morrow  5 , Ann C Wu  6 , Carlos Iribarren  7 , Melissa G Butler  8 , Emma K Larkin  1 , Kedir N Turi  1 , Pingsheng Wu  9
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Trends in health care utilization for asthma exacerbations among diverse populations with asthma in the United States

Cosby Stone et al. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2018 Jan-Feb.
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Conflicts of interest: C. Stone has received research support from the NIH/NHLBI (T32 HL87738). T. V. Hartert has received research support from NIH; is an Associate Editor for the American Thoracic Society. E. Mitchel, J. Morrow, and A. C. Wu have received research support from Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. M. G. Butler is employed by and has stock/stock options in Roivant Sciences and Axovant Sciences. K. N. Turi has received research support from NIH. P. Wu has received research support from AHRQ and NIH. The rest of the authors declare they have no relevant conflicts of interest.

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FIGURE 1.
FIGURE 1.
Trends in asthma-related healthcare visits (hospitalization, emergency department visits [ED], and outpatient visits) from 2004 to 2010 in subjects with asthma enrolled in the Military Health Systems (MHS), Tennessee Medicaid program (Medicaid), and large integrated health care delivery systems (IHCDS).
FIGURE E1.
FIGURE E1.
Pooled trends in health care utilization using all 3 health care systems for outpatient visits (blue), emergency department visits (red) in the upper panel, and hospitalizations (yellow) in the lower panel.
FIGURE E2.
FIGURE E2.
Trends in asthma-related health care visits (hospitalization, emergency department visits [ED], and outpatient visits) in persons with asthma aged 4-11 years, 12-17 years, and 18-50 years and enrolled in the Military Health Systems (MHS), Tennessee Medicaid program (Medicaid), and large integrated health care delivery systems (IHCDS).
FIGURE E3.
FIGURE E3.
Trends in asthma-related health care visits (hospitalization, emergency department visits [ED], and outpatient visits) in persons with asthma, stratified by sex who were enrolled in the Military Health Systems (MHS), Tennessee Medicaid program (Medicaid), and large integrated health care delivery systems (IHCDS).
FIGURE E4.
FIGURE E4.
Trends in asthma-related health care visits (hospitalization, emergency department visits [ED], and outpatient visits) in persons with asthma, stratified by race. Data were from 343,704 patients for whom race data were available, compared with 473,524 overall. Subjects were enrolled in the Military Health Systems (MHS), Tennessee Medicaid program (Medicaid), and large integrated health care delivery systems (IHCDS).
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