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  1. Costs (1998 values) were those related to the intervention (including screening, materials and nurse assessments/supervision), outpatient visits (including emergency-department, medical and mental health visits) and psychotropic drugs. Indirect costs associated with travel and waiting times were also calculated.

  2. Costs included those associated with drug acquisition, clinic and emergency-room visits, and laboratory and diagnostic tests.

  3. 1997 National Asthma Education and Prevention Program updated Expert Panel Report 2 guidelines.

  4. One of the researchers was affiliated with Merck & Co., which provided funding for the study.

  5. The study was supported in part by GlaxoSmithKline Inc.

  6. Comprising physicians, registered nurses and licensed practical nurses.

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This Month’s News. Dis-Manage-Health-Outcomes 9, 665–668 (2001). https://doi.org/10.2165/00115677-200109110-00006

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