HEALTHCARE DISCUSSION

Read the attached. Answer all of the questions.

What is unique about childhood asthma and what is common about it when thinking of how the health care and public health system treat it as a disease?

What are the access, quality and cost problems faced by children who have asthma and their families?

What are the elements that need to be in place to properly manage and control asthma on an individual and a societal level?

What are the roles of other important players – such as states, insurers, providers, patients – in improvement and implementation?