Table 3.
Use of health resources during asthma attacks requiring unscheduled emergency visit, hospital admission and ICU admission in asthmatic patients from 5 Latin American countries stratified by age groups.
| N (%) | Argentina 433 (19.9) |
Brazil 401 (18.6) |
Mexico 532 (24.5) |
Puerto Rico 401 (18.6) |
Venezuela 400 (18.4) |
P∗ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emergency visit to physician's office, hospital or a clinic | ||||||
| 12–17yr | 42 (67.7) | 21 (51.2) | 52 (41.6) | 26 (44.8) | 23 (34.3) | 0.002 |
| >17–40yr | 62 (37.6) | 87 (46.3) | 78 (36.4) | 80 (57.1) | 70 (34.8) | <0.001 |
| >40yr | 81 (39.3) | 80 (46.5) | 68 (35.2) | 121 (59.6) | 53 (40.2) | <0.001 |
| Hospital admission | ||||||
| 12–17yr | 17 (27.4) | 13 (31.7) | 23 (18.4) | 10 (17.2) | 11 (16.4) | 0.182 |
| >17–40yr | 22 (13.3) | 54 (28.7) | 32 (15.0) | 20 (14.3) | 26 (12.9) | <0.001 |
| >40yr | 34 (16.5) | 42 (24.4) | 35 (18.1) | 51 (25.1) | 19 (14.4) | 0.040 |
| ICUa admission | ||||||
| 12–17yr | 12 (19.4) | 2 (4.9) | 23 (18.4) | 3 (5.2) | 12 (17.9) | 0.082 |
| >17–40yr | 26 (15.8) | 10 (5.3) | 21 (9.8) | 9 (6.4) | 42 (20.9) | <0.001 |
| >40yr | 49 (23.8) | 14 (8.1) | 37 (19.2) | 20 (9.9) | 31 (23.5) | <0.001 |
∗ Chi-square test, p < 0.05.
a
ICU: Intensive Care Unit. Values expressed in n (%)