Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology
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Ann. Allergy Asthma Immunol. · Jun 1996
An intervention program to reduce the hospitalization cost of asthmatic patients requiring intubation.
Asthma is the single disease that accounts for the largest proportion of total health care cost in the US. ⋯ The intervention--which included education, specialist care, regular outpatient visits, and access to an emergency call service--significantly reduced the cost of asthma care in our population of patients intubated for asthma.