Open AccessSevere asthma: A focus on diagnosis risk assessment and costs
Author(s) -
John Oppenheimer
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of precision respiratory medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2637-4277
pISSN - 2637-4269
DOI - 10.2500/jprm.2019.190002
Subject(s) - asthma , medicine , focus (optics) , population , intensive care medicine , environmental health , immunology , physics , optics
There are many definitions for severe asthma. All definitions focus on individuals who primarily require large doses of therapy in an attempt to control their asthma. Although these patients are a minority of the asthma population as a whole, this subgroup represents a significant cost driver.