Editing Asthma (section)

==Economics==
From 2000 to 2010, the average cost per asthma-related hospital stay in the United States for children remained relatively stable at about $3,600, whereas the average cost per asthma-related hospital stay for adults increased from $5,200 to $6,600.<ref name=USEco2014>{{cite journal | vauthors = Barrett ML, Wier LM, Washington R | title = Trends in Pediatric and Adult Hospital Stays for Asthma, 2000–2010| journal =HCUP Statistical Brief |issue=169 | publisher = Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality | location = Rockville, MD | date = January 2014 | pmid = 24624462| url = http://hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb169-Asthma-Trends-Hospital-Stays.jsp | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140328234058/http://hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb169-Asthma-Trends-Hospital-Stays.jsp | archive-date = March 28, 2014 }}</ref> In 2010, Medicaid was the most frequent primary payer among children and adults aged 18–44 years in the United States; private insurance was the second most frequent payer.<ref name=USEco2014/> Among both children and adults in the lowest income communities in the United States there is a higher rate of hospital stays for asthma in 2010 than those in the highest income communities.<ref name=USEco2014/>