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There are a number of gaps in asthma care which require intervention in order to reduce preventable suffering as well as the costs incurred by treating uncontrolled asthma.

Current gaps in asthma care include:

• in equal access to diagnosis and treatment (medicine)
• between care for different socioeconomic, ethnic and age groups
• between wealthy and poorer communities and countries;
• in communication and care across the primary/secondary/tertiary care interface
• in communication and education provided for people with asthma, (quality of asthma care plans vs)
• in asthma knowledge and asthma awareness between health care providers
• in prioritization between asthma and other long term conditions
• between prescribing inhalers and monitoring adherence and ability to use these devices;
• exist for the general public’s (non-asthmatics) and health care professional’s awareness and understanding that asthma is a chronic (not acute) disease.
• between scientific evidence and actual delivery of care for people with asthma.

Source: Text & Image: https://ginasthma.org/