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Table 8 Studies that found influence of severity on asthma- related costs

From: Economic burden of asthma: a systematic review

    

Severity

 
    

Intermittent

Mild

Moderate

Severe

Subgroups

References No.

Country

Study duration

Total n

n

Cost

n

Cost

n

Cost

n

cost

 

Institutional

11

US

1 yr

401

-

-

200

3339

137

5,716

64

16,168

 

13

Spain

1 yr

333

-

-

140

257,979

116

385,239

77

679,091

 

15

Canada

1 yr

940

-

-

  

1,799

 

2,466

  

4,344

Societal perspective

      

-

256

744

459

862

225

1,192

Ministry perspective

      

-

  

877

 

1,079

  

1,763

patient perspective

19

Turkey

1 yr

118

4

202

54

1,006

46

1,954

14

4,081

 

21

US

1 yr

3002

-

-

787

5,390

1194

6,838

988

9,020

 

23

France

1 yr

318

32

435

78

1,134

91

1,977

33

4,598

 

27

Sweden

1 yr

115

53

  

359

 

62

 

4,473

  

30

France

1 yr

261

-

-

108

606

58

704

63

561

Good control

      

-

  

1,184

 

808

  

1,426

Moderate control

      

-

  

329

 

741

  

4,476

Poor control

35

Switzerland

1 yr

422

14

511

31

1,440

42

3,487

72

5,228

 

36

US

1 yr

3223

515

2,875

431

3,973

101

6,303

27

19,820

 

46

Thailand

1 yr

511

-

104

-

125

-

182

-

224

 

52

Spain

3 mo

126

-

-

-

515

-

1,926

-

5,544

 

53

US

1 yr

1038

-

-

-

536

-

1,255

-

627

Good control

      

-

354

651

200

1,119

347

1.214

Moderate control

      

-

  

1,903

 

1,953

  

1,808

Poor control

57

France

1 yr

169

66

  

3,942

 

53

 

4,608

 

Group P

    

23

  

4,527

 

27

 

9,574

 

Group A

62

Turkey

1 yr

183

-

-

124

806

36+23

 

1,729

  

67

US

2 yrs

2213

-

-

1,007

463

237

374

969

2,362

 

41

Australia

1 yr

193

No visits

One visit/yr

2 Visits/yr

>2 Visits/yr

Urgent visit

Hospitalization

 
    

n

$

n

$

n

$

n

$

n

$

n

$

 
    

35

80

26

195

38

207

55

202

31

298

8

819

 

Regional

50

Denmark

1 yr

115

16

755

47

8,856

48

13,201

4

40,677

 

17

Italy

1 yr

500

174

1,165

134

1,692

153

2,507

39

5,382

 

National

66

11 countries

1 yr

1201

-

1,143

-

1,113

-

1,213

-

1,480

 
 

10 countries

 

1124

             
  1. All costs are converted and adjusted into 2008 US dollars
  2. Group P: not managed; group A: managed; * Cost information of studies 31 and 22 were not available.