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Asthma status -- an evaluation of the current progress in research and cost control of the asthma epidemic.

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A simple yet disturbing trend has been noted in the past two decades regarding not only the prevalence of asthma among the population, but also of the increase in healthcare costs for everybody involved in asthma care, especially the patients. There are many hypotheses regarding this tremendous increase in both the numbers of individuals affected by asthma and of the unfortunate rapidly rising healthcare coverage costs for proper patient care. This IQP provides a thorough evaluation of the current literature and issues surrounding the asthma epidemic.

  • This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.
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  • 04D082I
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  • 2004
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  • 2004-01-01
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  • Worcester
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