Healthcare costs and resource utilization of asthma in Germany: a claims data analysis

Christian Jacob (), Benno Bechtel, Susanne Engel, Peter Kardos, Roland Linder, Sebastian Braun and Wolfgang Greiner

The European Journal of Health Economics, 2016, vol. 17, issue 2, 195-201

Abstract: The treatment of asthma is associated with an increased level of healthcare resource utilization and significantly higher healthcare costs. Asthma imposes a substantial economic burden on sickness funds. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2016

Keywords: Asthma; Claims data; Cost of illness; Disease severity; Persistent; Intermittent; I10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/s10198-015-0671-3

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