Asthma maintenance therapy | |
Patients on ICSs (with or without LABAs) | 1943 (94%) |
Patients on LABAs (with or without ICSs) | 1917 (93%) |
Number of DDs of ICSs (with or without LABAs) per year | 240 (120–353) |
Patients with at least one dispensing of a systemic corticosteroid | 1757 (85%) |
Number of DDDs of systemic corticosteroids per year | 108 (58–256) |
Patients on systemic corticosteroids as maintenance therapy (>180 DDDs per year) | 648 (31%) |
Patients on xanthines | 340 (16%) |
Patients on LTRAs | 1.450 (70%) |
Rescue medication | |
Number of DDDs SABAs+DDDs SAMAs (as rescue medication) | 83 (25–267) |
Use of long-acting bronchodilators other than LABAs | |
Patients on LAMAs | 442 (21%) |
Asthma burden | |
Patients being hospitalised in the past year with need of systemic corticosteroids | 496 (24%) |
Patients visiting ED in the past year with need of systemic corticosteroids | 85 (4%) |
Patients being hospitalised or visiting the ED in the past year with use of systemic corticosteroids | 502 (24%) |