Patterns of asthma medication use in Australia

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• Patterns of asthma medication use in Australia (398K PDF)  

Publication table of contents

• Preliminary material (146K PDF)
  • Half title and verso pages
  • Title and verso pages
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Summary
• Sections
  1. Introduction (141KB PDF)
     • Key points
     • Background
     • Study aims
     • Study data
     • Structure of this report
  2. Population distribution of asthma medication use (178K PDF)
     • Key point
     • Introduction
     • Methods
     • Results
     • Discussion
  3. Individual use of asthma medications (232K PDF)
     • Key points
     • Introduction
     • Methods
     • Results
     • Discussion
  4. Inhaled corticosteroid potency (155K PDF)
     • Key points
     • Introduction
     • Methods
     • Results
     • Discussion
  5. Relationship between asthma medication classes (130K PDF)
     • Key points
     • Introduction
     • Methods
     • Results
     • Discussion
  6. Conclusions (120K PDF)
     • Key points
     • Summary and implications of findings
     • Limitations
     • Possible future uses of PBS data
• End matter (177K PDF)
  • Appendixes
    • Appendix 1: PBS items included in the asthma medications data set
    • Appendix 2: PBS data processing
    • Appendix 3: Denominator populations
  • Glossary
  • References
  • List of tables
  • List of figures