Affiliation:
1. Singapore National Asthma Programme Steering Committee, Ministry of Health, Singapore
Abstract
In this issue of the Annals, the paper “Association of quality-of-care indicators with asthma outcomes: An observational study for asthma care in Singapore” by Lam et al.1 illustrates the use of real-world data to generate real-world evidence in the area of asthma care in Singapore.
Publisher
Academy of Medicine, Singapore
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