* Data was extracted between 2010 and 2013. Prescribing incidents included: people with asthma prescribed a long-acting reliever inhaler (LABA or LAMA) without inhaled steroids, and people with asthma prescribed more than 12 reliever inhalers without a review in the last 12 months. People who had both errors were only counted once.
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Children: incidents of dangerous asthma prescribing in the United Kingdom (UK) 2013
This statistic displays data on the total estimated incidents of dangerous prescribing of asthma medication among children in the United Kingdom (UK) in the period 2010 to 2013. In the United Kingdom there were approximately ** thousand cases of dangerous prescribing among children, of which *** incidents took place in Scotland.
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NHS Wales, & Asthma UK. (June 16, 2015). Total estimated incidents of dangerous asthma prescribing among children in the United Kingdom (UK) 2013* [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ. Retrieved August 03, 2026, from /statistics/481166/dangerous-asthma-prescribing-incidents-children-united-kingdom-uk/
NHS Wales, und Asthma UK. "Total estimated incidents of dangerous asthma prescribing among children in the United Kingdom (UK) 2013*." Chart. June 16, 2015. ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ. Accessed August 03, 2026. /statistics/481166/dangerous-asthma-prescribing-incidents-children-united-kingdom-uk/
NHS Wales, Asthma UK. (2015). Total estimated incidents of dangerous asthma prescribing among children in the United Kingdom (UK) 2013*. ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ Inc.. Accessed: August 03, 2026. /statistics/481166/dangerous-asthma-prescribing-incidents-children-united-kingdom-uk/
NHS Wales, and Asthma UK. "Total Estimated Incidents of Dangerous Asthma Prescribing among Children in The United Kingdom (Uk) 2013*." ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ Inc., 16 Jun 2015, /statistics/481166/dangerous-asthma-prescribing-incidents-children-united-kingdom-uk/
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Total estimated incidents of dangerous asthma prescribing among children in the United Kingdom (UK) 2013* [Graph], NHS Wales, & Asthma UK, June 16, 2015. [Online]. Available: /statistics/481166/dangerous-asthma-prescribing-incidents-children-united-kingdom-uk/