Single Maintenance and Reliever Therapy (SMART) Regimen for Management of Persistent Asthma

Abstract

Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease affecting 235 million people worldwide,¹ burdening both patients, their families, and society in terms of lost work and school, lessened quality‐of‐life, avoidable emergency department (ED) visits, hospitalizations, and deaths. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that asthma affects roughly 8% of the U.S. population (approximately 26 million people), accounting for 2 million ED visits, 480,000 hospitalizations, and 3,400 deaths annually with an economic burden of about $82 billion.

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