Fig. 1From: Effectiveness of initiating extrafine-particle versus fine-particle inhaled corticosteroids as asthma therapy in the NetherlandsPatient flow chart showing selection of patients in the PHARMO Database Network Patients in the two study cohorts were matched on clinically and demographically significant characteristics. PHARMO: PHARMO Database Network provided by the PHARMO Institute for Drug Outcomes Research (Utrecht, the Netherlands). ICS: inhaled corticosteroid; initiation date: the date when patients received their first prescription of extrafine-particle ICS (ciclesonide or EF-HFA-BDP), or fine-particle ICS (fluticasone or Non-EF-BDP)Back to article page