Barriers to Asthma Treatment in the United States Results From the Global Asthma Physician and Patient Survey.docVIP

ORIGINALARTICLE BarrierstoAsthmaTreatmentintheUnitedStates:Results FromtheGlobalAsthmaPhysicianandPatientSurvey MichaelS.Blaiss,MD,1 MichaelA.Kaliner,MD,2 CarlosE.Baena-Cagnani,MD,3 RonaldDahl,MD,4 ErkkaJ.Valovirta,MD,5 andGiorgioW.Canonica,MD6 poor adherence to therapy, and room for improvement in patient- physiciancommunicationandpartnershipintreatingasthma. Background: The Global Asthma Physician and Patient (GAPP) surveyevaluatedtheperceptionsofbothphysiciansandpatientson KeyWords:asthma,inhaledcorticosteroids,side-effects,Global AsthmaPhysicianandPatient(GAPP)Survey,compliance, asth