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U.S. Asthma Costs Reach $18 Billion
GlobeNewswire (press release) FRISCO, Texas, April 1, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — According to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, 25 million Americans suffer from asthma (8% of adults, 9% of children). The disease accounts for one-quarter of all U.S. emergency room visits. |
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Can We Reduce Childhood Asthma and Lower Costs, Too?
Brookings Institution (blog) Asthma can be a frightening disease, especially for young children struggling to breathe during an asthma attack. Parents can be equally scared watching their child gasp for breath, not sure how to help. 800,000 times a year panicked parents rush their … |
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U.S. asthma drug costs to jump 50% by 2023
Managed Care magazine Spending on medications to fight asthma will increase from $16 billion in 2013 to $23 billion in 2023 in the eight countries where most of these drugs are purchased, and one of the main drivers will be new products for severe asthma, according to a … |
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Annual Medicaid costs for pediatric asthma-related ED visits topped $270 million
Healio State Medicaid programs spent an estimated $272 million on pediatric asthma-related ED visits in 2010, according to recent CDC data. The researchers estimated state-based costs for asthma-related ED visits among children aged younger than 18 years, … |
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Asthma society calls on Varadkar to address medication costs
BreakingNews.ie The Asthma Society has called on the new Minister for Health, Leo Varadkar, to combat the high cost of medication they say puts asthma sufferers at higher risk of attack. Recent research conducted by the society shows that 40% of its members are not … |
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Carbon rules could cut asthma costs
ModernHealthcare.com The agency estimates the rule will help prevent more than 6,000 premature deaths and as many as 150,000 asthma attacks in children with a public health benefit valued up to as much as $93 billion. Under the plan, states will be allowed to come up with … Power Plant Emissions to Be Cut for Improved Health American Lung Association Reacts to EPA Proposal Our opinion: A good starting point |
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Costs a Barrier to Asthma Care for Some Kids
WebMD THURSDAY, May 22, 2014 (HealthDay News) — High health insurance co-pays in the United States increase the odds that children with asthma will miss out on important doctor visits and preventive medications, a new survey finds. Parents with higher … Higher cost-sharing associated with delayed care for children's asthma |
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Costs a Barrier to Asthma Care for Some Kids
HealthDay THURSDAY, May 22, 2014 (HealthDay News) — High health insurance co-pays in the United States increase the odds that children with asthma will miss out on important doctor visits and preventive medications, a new survey finds. Parents with higher … Higher cost-sharing associated with delayed care for children's asthma |
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Costs a barrier to asthma care for some kids
MyFoxAL THURSDAY, May 22, 2014 (HealthDay News) — High health insurance co-pays in the United States increase the odds that children with asthma will miss out on important doctor visits and preventive medications, a new survey finds. Parents with higher … |
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Asthma costs New York state $1.3 billion each year, study shows
Brooklyn Daily Eagle ALBANY— Asthma is costing New York's Medicaid system more than half a billion dollars a year, according to a report released Friday that urges the state to do more to help those affected by the respiratory illness. The study by state Comptroller … |
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