Prescription for asthma

Failure to refill essential prescription medications for asthma among pediatric Medicaid beneficiaries with persistent asthma

The problem of patients not taking medications as prescribed, also known as "lack of medication adherence," is widely discussed as an issue related to suboptimal outcomes and excess health care expenditure. Although medication adherence is defined as patients not taking medications as prescribed, there are two elements to it: first, those who fail to follow the medication regimen by skipping a ...

Antibiotic prescription with asthma medications: why is it so common?

Acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs) are among themost common reasons for visits to primary care pediatricians and emergency departments.1 Infections with respiratory syncytial virus, parainfluenza viruses, adenoviruses, rhinoviruses, human metapneumovirus, and Mycoplasma pneumoniae are frequently associated with wheezing, which leads to the clinical entities of bronchiolitis in infants a...

Antibiotic Prescription With Asthma Medications: Why Is It So Common?

Acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs) are among themost common reasons for visits to primary care pediatricians and emergency departments.1 Infections with respiratory syncytial virus, parainfluenza viruses, adenoviruses, rhinoviruses, human metapneumovirus, and Mycoplasma pneumoniae are frequently associated with wheezing, which leads to the clinical entities of bronchiolitis in infants a...

Enablers of Physician Prescription of a Long-Term Asthma Controller in Patients with Persistent Asthma

Objective. We aimed to identify key enablers of physician prescription of a long-term controller in patients with persistent asthma. Methods. We conducted a mailed survey of randomly selected Quebec physicians. We sent a 102-item questionnaire, seeking reported management regarding one of 4 clinical vignettes of a poorly controlled adult or child and endorsement of enablers to prescribe long-te...

Measuring Prescription Adherence for Pharmaceutical Prescription Refills