Emergency care service as a criterion of efficacy of Asthma Program
Abstract
An analysis of seeking the emergency care by asthma patients during the Asthma Program implementation (1995 to 2002) was performed in Smolensk. A close inverse correlation between number of patients receiving corticosteroids and their seeking the emergency care was found resulted from widespread adoption of inhaled corticosteroid therapy. During the 8-year asthma program implementation period numbers of calls to the emergency care service, emergent hospital admissions and patients seeking the emergency care reduced 3.1, 2.7, 2.2 times respectively.
About the Authors
A. A. PuninRussian Federation
V. I. Starovoitov
Russian Federation
S. V. Kovaleva
Russian Federation
V. V. Listratenkov
Russian Federation
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Punin A.A., Starovoitov V.I., Kovaleva S.V., Listratenkov V.V. Emergency care service as a criterion of efficacy of Asthma Program. PULMONOLOGIYA. 2003;(6):70-74. (In Russ.)