The Costs of Implementing the 1999 Canadian Asthma Consensus Guidelines Recommendation of Asthma Education and Spirometry for the Family Physician

Susan P Corrigan; David L Cecillon; Don D Sin; Heather M Sharpe; Elaine M Andrews; Robert L Cowie; SF Paul Man

doi:10.1155/2004/914865

Canadian Respiratory Journal (Jan 2004)

The Costs of Implementing the 1999 Canadian Asthma Consensus Guidelines Recommendation of Asthma Education and Spirometry for the Family Physician

Susan P Corrigan,
David L Cecillon,
Don D Sin,
Heather M Sharpe,
Elaine M Andrews,
Robert L Cowie,
SF Paul Man

Affiliations

Susan P Corrigan: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
David L Cecillon: The Directorate of Medical Policy, Pharmacy Policy and Standards at Canadian Forces Medical Group Headquarters, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Don D Sin: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Heather M Sharpe: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Elaine M Andrews: Merck Frosst Canada Ltd, Kirkland, Quebec, Canada
Robert L Cowie: University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
SF Paul Man: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2004/914865
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 5
pp. 349 – 353

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: National and international asthma guidelines recommend that patients with asthma be provided with asthma education and spirometry as a component of enhanced asthma care. The cost of implementing these interventions in family physician practices is not known.

Published in Canadian Respiratory Journal

ISSN: 1198-2241 (Print); 1916-7245 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7503

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