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Decrease in childhood asthma admissions in Athens, Greece from 2001 to 2005.

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Author(s): Priftis, K. N.; Paliatsos, A. G.; Panagiotopoulou-Gartagani, P.; Kotsonis, K.; Tapratzi-Potamianou, P.
Source:
Acta Paediatrica. Jun2007, Vol. 96 Issue 6, p924-925. 2p. 2 Graphs.

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- Subject Terms:
  HOSPITAL admission & discharge; PATIENT aftercare; TERMINATION of treatment; ASTHMA in children; PEDIATRIC respiratory diseases; ASTHMATICS; CHRONICALLY ill
- Subject Terms:
  ATHENS (Greece); GREECE
- Abstract:
  The article presents a study which determines the factors contributing to the decrease in childhood asthma admissions in Athens, Greece from 2001 to 2005. Admission rates for acute asthma in children in the metropolitan Athens area decreased from 2001 to 2005 with an accompanying decline in readmission rate. A readmission was defined as the second or higher order admission that occurred within the same calendar year. Earlier data have shown a sharp rise of asthma admission rates throughout the 1980, they were more than doubled between 1981 and 1991.