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Cary Sennett Congressional Briefing: The Impact of High Drug Prices on Patients, Providers and Public Programs http:\/\/www.csrxp.org\/congressional-briefing-resources\/<\/a><\/p>\n Storms WW(1), Ferro TJ. The impact of expired and empty quick-relief asthma inhalers: The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America’s Asthma Inhaler Design Survey. Allergy Asthma Proc. 2015 Jul-Aug;36(4):300-5. doi: 10.2500\/aap.2015.36.3854.Epub 2015 Apr 27. http:\/\/www.ingentaconnect.com\/content\/ocean\/aap\/2015\/00000036\/00000004\/art00020<\/a><\/p>\n Steven Farmer, Frank McStay, Meaghan George Mark McClellan, Cary Sennett. Community Based Approaches for Optimal Asthma Outcomes and Accountable Population Health. September 2015 http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/research\/papers\/2015\/09\/04-community-based-asthma-farmer-sennett<\/a><\/p>\n Silverberg, J., Gelfund, J., Margolis, D., Boguniewicz, M., Fonacier, L., Grayson, M., \u2026 Chiesa Fuxench, Z. (2018). 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