Our findings extend previous evidence that additional chronic
health conditions are more common among children with than
without asthma by presenting estimates of the burden of a wide
range of health conditions, prevalences of asthma attacks and
asthma-related emergency department visits, and metrics of health
care utilization.
Improving our understanding of the burden of comorbidities among children with asthma may help
develop best practices for the assessment, treatment, and control of
childhood asthma.