RT Book, Section
A1 Brown, Wendy
A2 Sutton, S. Scott
SR Print(0)
ID 7253914
T1 Chapter 43. Asthma
T2 McGraw-Hill's NAPLEX® Review Guide
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-175562-7
LK accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=7253914
RD 2024/04/19
AB According  to  the  National  Health  Interview  Survey  (NHIS),  asthma  prevalence  rates  in  the  United  States  are  7.3%  in  adults  and  9.3%  in  children.  This  equates  to  $16.1  billon  in  indirect  and  direct  expenses  associated  with  asthma  according  to  the  American  Lung  Association  Epidemiology  and  Statistics  Unit  Research  Program.  In  the  pediatric  population  males  are  more  likely  to  report  current  asthma  symptoms  and  in  the  adult  population  females  are  more  likely  to  report  the  presence  of  asthma.1  Evaluation  of  national  surveillance  data  within  a  3  year  time  period  revealed  12.3  million  physician  visits,  1.3  million  outpatient  department  visits  within  hospital  systems,  1.8  million  emergency  department  visits,  and  4210  deaths  attributed  to  asthma.2  The  rate  of  a  health  care  encounter  for  asthma  does  not  differ  by  race.  When  evaluating  race  in  regard  to  health  care  settings,  whites  tend  to  utilize  physician  offices,  whereas  blacks  have  higher  rates  for  hospital-based  sites  for  asthma  management.