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Table 2 Rates of asthma- and allergic rhinitis-related medical resource use in the post-index period*

From: Rates of asthma attacks in patients with previously inadequately controlled mild asthma treated in clinical practice with combination drug therapy: an exploratory post-hoc analysis

 

ICS/MON

(N = 181)

ICS/LABA/MON

(N = 163)

All Patients

(N = 344)

Short-acting beta-agonist

135 (74.6%)

117 (71.8%)

252 (73.3%)

Oral corticosteroids

2 (1.1%)

6 (3.7%)

8 (2.3%)

Antibiotics

20 (11.1%)

26 (16.0%)

46 (13.4%)

Antihistamines

84 (46.4%)

67 (41.1%)

151 (43.9%)

ER visit

7 (3.9%)

2 (1.2%)

9 (2.6%)

Hospitalization

1 (0.6%)

4 (2.5%)

5 (1.5%)

Asthma attack†

8 (4.4%)

11 (6.8%)

19 (5.5%)

  1. *Values represent patient N (%). † An asthma attack was defined as use of an oral corticosteroid, an asthma-related ER visit, or an asthma-related hospitalization.
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