References No. | Country | Study duration | Sample size | Cost of inpatient care/person | Total direct cost | Total asthma related cost/person | Total asthma related cost | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  |  |  | Mean | SD | 95%CI | % |  |  |  |
Institutional studies | ||||||||||
15 | Canada | 1 yr | 940 | 614Â¥ | - | - | - | 1,421 | - | - |
28 | Australia | 1 yr | 245 | 397 | - | - | - | - | 779 | - |
30 | France | 1 yr | 17 ** | 229 | 282.4 | - | 52 | - | - | 6,856 |
38 | UK | 1 yr | 29* | 439 | 816 | 0–2,895 | 57 | - | - | 773 |
42 | Canada | 1 yr | 339 | 591 | - | - | 77ψ | - | 766 | - |
48 | Switzerland | 1 yr | 589 | 928 | - | - | 47ξ | 1,779 | - | - |
52 | Spain | 3 mo | 126 | 1,932 | - | 1,529–2,353 | 83 | 2,338 | - | - |
53 | France | 1 yr | 94** | 64,675Ï• | - | - | 86 | - | - | 745,847 |
Regional studies | ||||||||||
54 | US | 1 yr | 530,000 | 7.8 m | - | - | - | - | - | 20 m |
National studies | ||||||||||
14 | US | 1 yr | 4.7 m | 4 b | - | 2 – 6 b | 54 | 7 b | - | - |
20 | Singapore | 1 yr | 27,164** | 12 m | - | - | - | 25 m | 346 | 49 m |
49 | US | 5 yrs | 463,500** | 1.6 b | - | - | 67 | 4 b | - | 7.2 b |