The Path to Diagnosis of Severe Asthma-A Qualitative Exploration
Timely severe asthma diagnosis in Australia appears to be hampered by an absence of a clear referral process, lack of general practitioner (GP) knowledge of additional treatment options, underutilisation of pharmacists, and multiple specialists treating patient comorbidities. Directions for future research might include interviewing healthcare providers regarding how well the referral process works for severe asthma patients, and researching the time between referral and when a patient sees the respiratory specialist.
Authors
- Natasha Smallwood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3403-3586)
- Sinthia Bosnic‐Anticevich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5077-8329)
- Penelope Abbott (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4865-4823)
- Katrina O. Tonga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8594-366X)
- Gregory Katsoulotos
- Biljana Cvetkovski
- Sharon Davis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0818-6239)
- Janet Rimmer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6014-2367)
- Joy Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9881-9895)
Institutions
- Woolcock Institute of Medical Research (AU)
- The Alfred Hospital (AU)
- Westmead Hospital (AU)
- St Vincent's Hospital Sydney (AU)
- Western Sydney University (AU)
- The University of Notre Dame Australia (AU)
- Macquarie University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of General Medicine
- Published
- 2024-08-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2147/ijgm.s435347
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Asthma and respiratory diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.33