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. 2023 Jul 20;16(7):1030. doi: 10.3390/ph16071030

Table 3.

The three physician specialties prescribing the most asthma and COPD medications by pharmacological class.

ICS LABA LAMA LABA-ICS LABA-LAMA
1. GPs (72.0%) GPs (85.5%) GPs (83.1%) GPs (83.5%) GPs (68.2%)
2. Pediatricians (20.0%) Specialists in
respiratory
medicine (9.1%)		 Specialists in
respiratory
medicine (12.6%)		 Specialists in
respiratory
medicine (10.4%)		 Specialists in
respiratory
medicine (27.2%)
3. Specialists in
respiratory
medicine (4.4%)		 Pediatricians (1.2%) Specialists in internal medicine (1.0%) Pediatricians (1.7%) Specialists in internal medicine (1.6%)

GPs = general practitioners.