Patterns of asthma medication use in Australia

$25.00

Phone, fax or email orders:

CanPrint
Tel. 1300 889 873
Fax 02 6293 8333
Email

View other publications by the same author: Australian Centre for Asthma Monitoring.

View other publications in the same subject area: Population health.

Drug therapy is the cornerstone of treatment for controlling asthma and preventing and relieving attacks. This report describes the first study to use national data from the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) to investigate the patterns of asthma medication use in Australia. It examines the effects of sociodemographic characteristics on the frequency of use of these medications, the potency of prescribed medications and the relationships between different classes of asthma medications. The methods used in this study are likely to be applicable to researchers investigating medication use for other conditions and diseases. The results will also be of interest to clinicians and policy makers in asthma.

Authored by Australian Centre for Asthma Monitoring.

Published 9 May 2007; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 680 4; AIHW cat. no. ACM 11; 80pp.; $25.00

Download free

Help with downloads

Full publication

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