Depression, Anxiety, and Emergency Department Use for Asthma

NS Bardach, C Neel, LC Kleinman. Pediatrics . 2019;144(4):e20190856\n\nTo assess whether having a mental health diagnosis (anxiety and/or depression) increases the rate of asthma-related ED use in children with asthma.\n\nThe study identified 65 342 pediatric patients (aged 6 to 21 years old) with asthma from the Massachusetts All-Payer Claims Database for 2014–2015.\n\nEligible asthma patients were identified based on having a previous hospitalization, ambulatory visits with asthma as a diagnosis, and/or having asthma-related controller prescriptions. Patients with less severe asthma (those only using short-acting β-agonists) and/or a diagnosis of either …