Primary care provider referral patterns and awareness of biologic therapy for uncontrolled asthma
Most PCPs delay specialist referrals until patients experience ≥3 annual asthma exacerbations and do not use laboratory tests in asthma management, and many are unfamiliar with asthma biologics. Enhancing communication and education between PCPs and specialists on asthma therapies may help reduce asthma exacerbations.
Authors
- Brenda R. Flam
- Juan Carlos Cardet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9731-4828)
- Dennis K. Ledford (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2541-7075)
- Panida Sriaroon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6937-7303)
- Lucy Guerra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8273-5841)
- Christina M. Hester (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5046-3415)
- Tarin Clay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1252-5544)
- Patricia A. Bradford (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1285-2978)
- Richard Plant
- Elisabeth Callen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6989-2428)
- Barkha P. Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3966-3226)
- K. Trasmonte
- John Fowler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2188-8558)
Institutions
- UF Health Shands Hospital (US)
- Baylor College of Medicine (US)
- University of South Florida (US)
- James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Global
- Published
- 2025-11-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacig.2025.100607
- Primary Topic
- Asthma and respiratory diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00