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Title Asthma's impact on society : the social and economic burden / edited by Kevin B. Weiss, A. Sonia Buist, Sean D. Sullivan
Published New York : M. Dekker, [2000]
©2000

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Description xv, 390 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series Lung biology in health and disease ; v. 138
Lung biology in health and disease ; v. 138
Contents Introduction / Claude Lenfant -- Pt. 1. Social impact of asthma. 1. Introduction to part one: the social impact of asthma / Kevin B. Weiss and A. Sonia Buist. 2. Quality of life, health status, and the social impact of asthma: an overview / Paul W. Jones. 3. Characterizing the social impact of asthma in children / Neal Halfon and Paul W. Newacheck. 4. Characterizing the occupational impact of asthma / Paul D. Blanc. 5. Measuring health-related quality of life for persons with asthma: an overview / Elizabeth F. Juniper. 6. Current methods in measuring health-related quality of life in children with asthma / Lynn M. Olson and Linda Asmussen. 7. Current methods for measuring health-related quality of life in adults with asthma / Guy B. Marks. 8. Psychosocial factors in chronic asthma / Cynthia S. Rand and Arlene Manns Butz. 9. The impact of sociodemographic factors on asthma / Lauren A. Smith and Jonathan A. Finkelstein -- Pt. 2. Economic impact of asthma
10. Introduction to part two: the economic impact of asthma / Sean D. Sullivan and Kevin B. Weiss. 11. Measuring the economic burden in asthma / Bengt Jonsson. 12. Economic evaluation of asthma treatments / Scott D. Ramsey and Sean D. Sullivan. 13. Cost and outcome implications for prevention / Anne Elixhauser, Nancy Kline Leidy and Michael T. Halpern. 14. Development of a pharmacoeconomic policy model for asthma / Barry Kitch ... [et al.]. 15. Health state preference estimation in asthma / Maureen P. M. H. Rutten-van Molken
Summary "One of the first comprehensive studies of the social and economic consequences of this chronic pulmonary illness, Asthma's Impact on Society assesses how communities, families, and individuals confront asthma and try to minimize its deleterious effects."--BOOK JACKET
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Asthma -- Economic aspects.
Asthma -- Social aspects.
Author Buist, A. Sonia (Aline Sonia), 1940-
Sullivan, Sean D., 1960-
Weiss, Kevin B.
LC no. 99051987
ISBN 0824719425 (acid-free paper)