Nationwide use of inhaled corticosteroids by South Korean asthma patients: an examination of the Health Insurance Review and Service database.

Conclusions: The ICS prescription rate was found to be inadequate, given the importance of ICS as an asthma treatment. The prescription rates were especially low in primary healthcare clinics, and by specialists in fields other than internal medicine. PMID: 30416788 [PubMed]
Source: Journal of Thoracic Disease - Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: J Thorac Dis Source Type: research