Table 4.

Increased risk of unscheduled healthcare events associated with poor inhalation technique

Unscheduled healthcare event	Increased riska
Hospitalisation	47 %
ED visit	62 %
Course of antimicrobials	50 %
Course of OCS	54 %
Productive day lost	47%b

^aBased on the increased risk over patients with correct inhaler technique (odds ratio) of at least one critical inhaler error and self-reported utilisation of healthcare resources used in the year since the critical inhaler error [19]

^bConservatively assumed to be equal to the lowest increased risk reported for any unscheduled healthcare event (hospitalisation)