Author/Authors :
Varmaghani, Mehdi tehran university of medical sciences tums - Faculty of Pharmacy, Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute - Department of Pharmacoeconomics and Pharmaceutical Administration, تهران, ايران , Rashidian, Arash School of Public Health - Department of Health Management and Economics, ايران , Kebriaeezadeh, Abbas tehran university of medical sciences tums - Faculty of Pharmacy - Department of Pharmacoeconomics and Pharmaceutical Administration, تهران, ايران , Moradi-Lakeh, Maziar iran university of medical sciences - Community Medicine Department, ايران , Moin, Mostafa tehran university of medical sciences tums - Asthma and Allergy Research Institute, تهران, ايران , Ghasemian, Anoosheh tehran university of medical sciences tums - Non-communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, تهران, ايران , Rezaei-Darzi, Ehsan tehran university of medical sciences tums - School of Public Health, Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute - Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, تهران, ايران , Ghajarieh Sepanlou, Sadaf tehran university of medical sciences tums - Digestive Disease Research Institute, Shariati Hospital, Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, تهران, ايران , Peykari, Niloofar tehran university of medical sciences tums - Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Institute, تهران, ايران , Peykari, Niloofar Ministryof Health and Medical Education - Development of Research and Technology Center, Deputy of Research and Technology, ايران , Rezaei, Nazila tehran university of medical sciences tums - Non-communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, تهران, ايران , Parsaeian, Mahboubeh tehran university of medical sciences tums - Non-communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Science Institute, School of Public Health - Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, تهران, ايران , Farzadfar, Farshad tehran university of medical sciences tums - Non-Communicable Disease Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Science Institute, Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Researsh Institute, تهران, ايران
Abstract :
BACKGROUND: Asthma is a chronic inflammatory airway disease caused or worsened by environmental factors in genetically vulnerable people. The study of national and sub-national burden of asthma aims to provide a quantitative method and valid estimates for the prevalence, incidence, and economic burden of asthma disease in Iran from 1990 to 2013 and this papers explains measures, data sources, methods, and challenges that we will use in the study. METHODS: In order to conduct this study, we will use all available unpublished data sources, including claim databases and data collected by the food and drug organization (FDO). Moreover, we will devise and run a systematic review of all studies and literature published about asthma epidemiology in Iran, which includes all cross-sectional, cohort and case-control studies with asthma epidemiology focus that are population based. In this study, we will use two statistical models, including spatio-temporal and multilevel autoregressive models to estimate mean and uncertainty intervals for the parameters under study by gender, age, year, and province. All programs will be written in R statistical packages (version 3.0.1). CONCLUSION: This study helps to obtain information concerning the variation among regions and provinces, and in general among sub-national divisions. Our study can be contribute to better allocation of resources, since it helps policymakers to recognize inequalities between regions and provinces and consequently help them to allocate resources more efficiently.
