Economic Burden of Pediatric Asthma: Annual Cost of Disease in Iran

• Main Authors: Laleh SHARIFI (Author), Raheleh DASHTI (Author), Zahra POURPAK (Author), Mohammad Reza FAZLOLLAHI (Author), Masoud MOVAHEDI (Author), Zahra CHAVOSHZADEH (Author), Habib SOHEILI (Author), Saied BOKAIE (Author), Anoushiravan KAZEMNEJAD (Author), Mostafa MOIN (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2018-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Asthma is the first cause of children hospitalization and need for emergency and impose high economic burden on the families and governments. We aimed to investigate the economic burden of pediatric asthma and its contribution to family health budget in Iran. Methods: Overall, 283 pediat...