Most Parents Don’t Fill Their Kids’ Asthma Meds — Study

The majority of parents simply don’t fill their kids’ asthma prescriptions.
That’s the take-home point in a JAMA study aimed at figuring out whether out-of-pocket costs for medications influenced parents’ willingness to fill prescriptions for their children’s asthma...

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High Out-of-Pocket Costs for Kids’ Asthma Drugs Could Pose Dangers

TUESDAY, March 27 (HealthDay News) -- When health insurers require parents to pay a larger share of the cost of asthma medications for their children, more kids need emergency asthma treatment, suggests new research...

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Ohio's children's hospitals to collaborate on asthma and drug-addicted babies research
Cleveland's Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital is partnering with the state's other five children's hospitals to perform joint research in two areas: childhood asthma and caring for drug-addicted newborns...

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