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Follow-up of the Finnish Asthma Programme 2000–2010: reduction of hospital burden needs risk group rethinking
  1. Paula Kauppi1,
  2. Miika Linna2,
  3. Jaana Martikainen3,
  4. Mika J Mäkelä1,
  5. Tari Haahtela1
  1. 1Department of Allergy, Skin and Allergy Hospital, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
  2. 2Centre for Health and Social Economics, Institute of Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
  3. 3Research Department, Social Insurance Institution, Helsinki, Finland
  1. Correspondence to Dr Paula Kauppi, Department of Allergy, Skin and Allergy Hospital, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Meilahdentie 2, PO Box 160, FI-00029 HUS, Helsinki, Finland; paula.kauppi{at}hus.fi

Abstract

The Finnish Asthma Programme 1994–2004 focused on early intervention and disease control, thereby resulting in a significant reduction of asthma morbidity. During the follow-up period from 2000 to 2010, the number of hospital days continued to fall by 54%. Patients ≥65 years, especially women, accounted for 39% of the hospital days, and they need attention if the hospital burden is to be reduced further.

  • Asthma
  • hospitalised patients
  • allergic lung disease
  • asthma epidemiology
  • asthma genetics
  • clinical epidemiology
  • occupational lung disease
  • asthma mechanisms

https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-201028

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    Footnotes

    • Funding This study was supported by the Finnish Allergy Programme of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health.

    • Competing interests None.

    • Ethics approval This study was approved by the ethical committee of the Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.