Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adult asthma-related health care utilization
The COVID-19 pandemic was associated with major shifts in adult asthma care, characterized by short-term surges in primary care visits and medication refills and reductions in in-person encounters. These patterns illustrate the capacity of asthma care systems to rapidly adapt, and they highlight the need to tailor future crisis response strategies to adult patients.
Authors
- Himes Blanca
- Lizbeth Gomez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3725-7531)
- Gary E. Weissman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9588-3819)
- Apter Aj
- Alana Schreibman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2875-482X)
- K. Lactaoen
- Patrick K. Gleeson
- Jason D. Christie
Institutions
- National Institutes of Health (US)
- Brown University (US)
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Global
- Published
- 2026-02-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacig.2026.100675
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00