PMID: 8962585Dec 1, 1996Paper

Impact of inhaled corticosteroids on acute asthma hospitalization in Sweden 1978 to 1991

Medical Care
U G GerdthamG Boman

Abstract

In clinical studies, it has been found that treating asthmatic patients with inhaled corticosteroids can reduce the need for in-patient care. The purpose of this study was to determine if such a relationship could be observed in available health-care statistics in Sweden and, if such a relationship could be established, what health economic consequences it implied. A retrospective study was conducted using regional data on acute hospitalization-ie, number of bed-days in acute somatic in-patient care clinics-and sales of anti-asthmatic drugs from 14 health-care administrative regions, covering 6 million people (71% of the Swedish population) between 1978 and 1991. The data were analyzed in multiple regression analyses where time- and cross-section data were pooled. The variation in bed-days was explained by three variables: (1) the sales of inhaled corticosteroids, (2) the total number of bed-days within acute somatic in-patient care, and (3) the sales of inhaled bronchodilators, which were used as a proxy variable for asthma prevalence. The total number of bed-days due to asthma in the 14 county councils did not show any upward or downward trend between 1978 and 1985. However, after 1985, there was a significant downward trend ...Continue Reading

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