Babey Susan H, Hastert Theresa A, Meng Ying-Ying, Brown E Richard
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, Los Angeles, California USA.
Policy Brief UCLA Cent Health Policy Res. 2007 Feb(PB2007-1):1-7.
In California, 2.8 million children and adults (900,000 children and 1.9 million adults) suffer from active asthma. One out of six of these Californians (16%) lives below the poverty level. Low-income adults and children with active asthma disproportionately bear the burden of asthma. They experience more frequent symptoms, go to the emergency department (ED) more often for asthma care, miss more school and have poorer health status. They also are more likely to lack access to health care and to live in conditions associated with asthma exacerbations. Using data from the 2003 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS 2003), this policy brief examines the burden of asthma among low-income asthma sufferers as well as some opportunities to reduce the burden for these asthma sufferers. Active asthma refers to people who have been diagnosed with asthma and who reported they still have asthma and/or experienced an asthma attack in the past year.
在加利福尼亚州，有280万儿童和成年人（90万儿童和190万成年人）患有活动性哮喘。这些加利福尼亚人中，每六人中有一人（16%）生活在贫困线以下。患有活动性哮喘的低收入成年人和儿童承受着不成比例的哮喘负担。他们症状发作更频繁，因哮喘护理更常前往急诊科，缺课更多，健康状况更差。他们也更有可能无法获得医疗保健，且生活在与哮喘加重相关的环境中。本政策简报利用2003年加利福尼亚健康访谈调查（CHIS 2003）的数据，研究了低收入哮喘患者的哮喘负担以及减轻这些哮喘患者负担的一些机会。活动性哮喘是指被诊断患有哮喘且报告在过去一年仍患有哮喘和/或经历过哮喘发作的人。
