Why carry out the study?

Patients with severe asthma use more health care resources, have more impaired well-being and quality of life, and die earlier than people in the general population

Poor health outcomes, overall negative effects on everyday life, and risk of death can increase when guidelines intended to improve medical care are not followed

The Improve Access to Better Care Task Force of the PRECISION Steering Committee was created to develop worldwide standards for managing severe asthma to help improve patient care

What was learned from the study?

A Quality Standard was developed as a guide to encourage key stakeholders to promote early identification and diagnosis of severe asthma, decrease delays to referral to specialists when cases are suspected, and result in effective management of severe asthma once diagnosed, with a particular focus on patient needs

Quality Statements, quality metrics, and local strategies are proposed to encourage effective use of these tactics to improve health care practices for patients with severe asthma