Open AccessReal-world Treatment Patterns, Outcomes, and Healthcare Resource Utilization in Newly Treated Korean Patients With Asthma: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Nam-Kyong Choi,
Sumitra Shantakumar,
Mi-Sook Kim,
Chang-Hoon Lee,
Wendy Y. Cheng,
Priyanka Bobbili,
Bo Yang,
Joongyub Lee,
David Hinds,
Mei Sheng Duh,
Caroline Korves,
Heung-Woo Park
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
allergy, asthma and immunology research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.356
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 2092-7363
pISSN - 2092-7355
DOI - 10.4168/aair.2022.14.2.220
Subject(s) - medicine , asthma , discontinuation , exacerbation , retrospective cohort study , medical prescription , cohort , hazard ratio , cohort study , incidence (geometry) , pediatrics , confidence interval , pharmacology , physics , optics
Although asthma treatment guidelines recommend regular inhaled medication, real-world treatment patterns and outcomes in South Korea have not been examined. We examined real-world treatment patterns and outcomes among patients treated for asthma in South Korea.