Asthma in Australia 2005

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Asthma is an important health problem in Australia. This report brings together data from a wide range of sources to describe the current status of Asthma in Australia. It includes information on the number of people who have asthma, who receive various treatments for asthma, who have written asthma action plans, and who visit their GP, are hospitalised or die due to asthma. Health care expenditure for asthma is also discussed. In addition, a chapter has been included in this report that focuses on asthma in Australian children.

ISSN: 1448-7594
ISBN: 978 1 74024 487 9
Cat. no: ACM 6
Pages: 236

Preliminary material
- Foreword
- List of tables
- List of figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Highlights
Sections
1. Introduction
  1. What is asthma?
  2. Responses to asthma in Australia
  3. Overview of this report
2. Asthma in children
  - Introduction
  1. Prevalence of asthma in children
  2. Health service use for asthma among children
  3. Management of asthma in children
  - Summary
3. Prevalence
  - Introduction
  1. Prevalence of asthma
    - Time trends in the prevalence of current asthma
    - International comparisons
    - Differentials in the prevalence of current asthma
  - Summary
4. Mortality
  - Introduction
  1. Deaths due to asthma
    - Asthma as an underlying or associated cause of death
    - Time trends in asthma deaths
    - International comparisons
    - Differentials in asthma mortality
    - Seasonal variation in mortality risk
  - Summary
5. Use of health services
  - Introduction
  1. General practice encounters
  2. Hospital emergency department visits
  3. Hospitalisations
  4. Invasive mechanical ventilation
  5. Re-attendances for asthma
6. Management
  - Introduction
  1. Written asthma action plans
  2. Medication use
  3. Spirometry
7. Smoking
  - Introduction
  1. People with asthma who smoke
  2. Passive smoke exposure in children with asthma
8. Quality of life and markers of asthma control
  - Introduction
  1. Impact of asthma on self-assessed health
  2. Impact of asthma on the domains of HRQoL
  3. Markers of asthma control
  - Summary
9. Expenditure
  - Introduction
  1. Overall expenditure on asthma
  2. Expenditure by health care sector
  3. Changes in expenditure on asthma, 1993-94 to 2000-01
  - Summary
End matter
- Appendixes
  1. Data sources, definitions and population groups
  2. Statistical tables
- Abbreviations
- Glossary
- References

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