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Table 1 Characteristics of infants (N = 1,149)

From: Effectiveness of Montelukast on asthma control in infants: methodology of a French claims data study

 

Number

Percentage

Males

733

63.8%

Age (mean, months)

14.1 (SD = 5.6)

Any Long-Term Disease status*

47

4.1%

Long-Term Disease status n°14**

9

0.8%

Free-access-to-care status***

250

21.8%

  1. *Long-term disease status enables patients suffering from a severe chronic disease, in need of expensive chronic therapy, not to pay in advance for treatments dispensed in pharmacies and to be fully reimbursed.
  2. **Severe chronic respiratory failure.
  3. ***Free-access-to-care status enables patients with socioeconomic difficulties to receive free medical care.
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BMC Pulmonary Medicine

ISSN: 1471-2466

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