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Mortality and health care utilization statistics for asthma reflect both acute and chronic aspects, requiring distinction between measures of disease occurrence and disease management.
This paper provides a conceptual model and recommendations for using mortality and health care utilization statistics in asthma research.
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Asthma statistics require distinguishing occurrence from management measures; leaves open standardized application in future research.
Vollmer et al. (1994) conducted a review in Asthma. Mortality and health care utilization statistics was evaluated. Mortality and health care utilization statistics for asthma reflect both acute and chronic aspects, requiring distinction between measures of disease occurrence and disease management.
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