non-asthmatic counterparts;3-5 asthmatic children were found to be absent from school 1.5-2.7 more days than non-asthmatic children.3,4,6,7 Missed school days have financial costs to many families due to missed work days and have financial consequences for schools, as public school funding is often tied to attendance rates. Wang et al7 utilized data from the 1996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey to estimate the direct and indirect costs of asthma to families and society, finding that the direct cost of asthma-related care for asthmatic children was $401 per child duringthat calendar year. In addition, the total economic impact of asthma among school-age children including health-related costs, school absence days, loss of parental productivity, and premature death due to the condition was $791 per child. In a review of 68 studies on indirect and direct costs of asthma, Bahadori et al8 found that in some cases the indirect cost or lost time and productivity during work hours outweighed asthma’s direct costs