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James H Jackson1, Benjamin Gutierrez, Orsolya E Lunacsek
1Dr. Jackson is Senior Director and Dr. Lunacsek is Assistant Director, both at Xcenda in Palm Harbor, Florida. Dr. Gutierrez is Director of Health Economics and Outcomes Research, andDr. Ramachandran is Associate Director of Health Economics and Outcomes Research, both at AstraZeneca LP in Wilmington, Delaware.
Abstract:
With nearly 23 million people affected by asthma each year, optimizing care among patients with persistent disease is a constant challenge for health care providers. The Asthma Utilization Rx Analyzer (AURA) tool enables health plan managers to evaluate quality and resource utilization for its members with asthma by analyzing medical and pharmacy claims. Customizable quality measures allow users of the tool to generate results from specific plans in order to optimize asthma disease management.
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