Other Patient & Consumer Resources

• Children and Asthma

Clinicians & Providers

• AHRQ Research on Caring for Children With Asthma
• Asthma Care Quality Improvement
• Chronic Care for Low-Income Children with Asthma
• Exercise-induced Bronchoconstriction and Asthma
• Using Established Initiatives to Reduce Disparities in Pediatric Asthm

Hospital & Health System Resources

• AHRQ Research on Caring for Children With Asthma
• Asthma Care Quality Improvement
• Chronic Care for Low-Income Children with Asthma
• State of Alabama
• Using Established Initiatives to Reduce Disparities in Pediatric Asthm

Policymaker Resources

• Asthma Care Quality Improvement
• Asthma Care Quality Improvement Workbook and Resource Guide
• Improving the Quality of Asthma Care
• State of Alabama
• The Asthma Care Return-on-Investment Calculator: Overview and Demonstration

Fact Sheets

August 1 2005 20050801

Using Established Initiatives to Reduce Disparities in Pediatric Asthm

June 1 2005 20050601

Chronic Care for Low-Income Children with Asthma

September 1 2000 20000901

Children and Asthma

February 1 2000 20000201

AHRQ Research on Caring for Children With Asthma

Other Research & Data

• Inner-city minority adults with chronic asthma are more likely to take inhaled medicine if they believe in its benefits
• New York State Department of Health

News & Numbers

September 1 2010 20100901

Oregon and Vermont Show Fewest Hospitalizations for Children With Asthma

May 5 2010 20100505

Disparities Widen in the Use of Asthma Medications

Other News & Events

• AHRQ Stats: Adult asthma rates nearly doubled in past decade
• Asthma Care Quality Improvement
• Asthma project helps resident physicians improve care for minority patients
• Automated quality measures can be used to improve asthma care
• Breathing retraining techniques may help adult asthma
• Bronchitis and asthma most commonly treated conditions among children
• Care setting affects likelihood that children with persistent asthma will receive inhaled steroids
• Children's use of asthma controller drugs doubles
• Computer system compares well with clinicians in assessing, but not treating children with asthma
• Disparities widen in the use of asthma medications
• Distance-based training in spirometry use increases the quality of asthma diagnosis
• Drug expenses for children with asthma more than doubled in 10 years
• Emergency department treatment of asthma with systemic corticosteroids is not always timely
• Human rhinovirus linked to bronchiolitis and upper respiratory infections among healthy term infants
• Inner-city minority adults with chronic asthma are more likely to take inhaled medicine if they believe in its benefits
• More stress means worse asthma in inner-city adults
• New AHRQ Review Finds Allergen-Specific Immunotherapy Safe and Effective for Treating Nasal Allergies and Mild Asthma
• New Patient-Centered Medical Home Brief and White Paper Now Available
• Oregon and Vermont show fewest hospitalizations for children with asthma
• Patient tool helps determine adherence to asthma medication
• Patients taking only salmeterol seen in the emergency department for asthma more likely to be hospitalized
• Possible blood biomarkers for poorer asthma control identified
• Primary care doctors often don't know that a child sought care for asthma in the emergency department
• Public insurance linked to longer perception of disease burden among children with asthma
• Study fails to find link between guideline-based emergency treatment for pediatric asthma and patient outcomes
• Telephone coaching improves quality of life for parents of children with asthma
• The Asthma Care Return-on-Investment Calculator: Overview and Demonstration
• The quality of children's asthma care is affected by emergency department crowding
• Uncontrolled asthma events among Massachusetts patients declined between 2002 and 2007