Low prevalence of diagnosed asthma in Greenland – a call for increased focus on diagnosing

• Published in: International Journal of Circumpolar Health
• Main Authors: Maja Hykkelbjerg Nielsen, Marie Balslev Backe, Michael Lynge Pedersen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2023
• Subjects: Asthma; prevalence; quality of care; Greenland; Inuit; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Nuuk; Circumpolar Health; greenlandic; International Journal of Circumpolar Health; inuit
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2023.2195136; https://doaj.org/article/c371c6ffcbfb429dacc93d7765922515

ABSTRACTThe aim of this study was to estimate prevalence of patients with asthma in Greenland according to age, gender and residence and to investigate the associated quality of care. The study was performed as a cross-sectional study with data extracted from the Greenlandic electronical medical rec...