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Asthma


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Asthma
A completed study measuring doctors' compliance with stipulated asthma treatment guidelines and the effectiveness of such compliance in treating patients.
3,825 words (approx. 15.3 pages) | 15 sources | 2000 United States


Paper Summary:

Asthma is a seriously debilitating condition. Higgins (1997), in a report for the United States Department of Health and Human Services, stated that approximately four million children and eight million adults in the United States suffer from the effects of asthma.

From the Paper:

"Chapter I
The Problem
Introduction
Asthma is a seriously debilitating condition. Higgins (1997), in a report for the United States Department of Health and Human Services, stated that approximately four million children and eight million adults in the United States suffer from the effects of asthma; this figure translates to roughly 5 percent of the total population of America. Higgins (1997) also notes that this percentage is increasing.


In addition to the foregoing, asthma accounts for total annual care costs of more than $6 billion dollars per year in America as well as 15 million physician visits per year (one third of which are made by persons under age 20 years), and over..."

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APA Citation:

Asthma (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 11, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Research-Paper-Asthma/15350

MLA Citation:

"Asthma" 15 January 2012. Web. 11 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Research-Paper-Asthma/15350>




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