Is allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis associated with pet ownership in cystic fibrosis?
Owning a pet was associated with ABPA in patients with CF. Future prospective multicenter longitudinal studies are needed to investigate chronological causality between pet ownership, ABPA development, and pulmonary exacerbations and to determine whether these estimates are generalizable for ABPA susceptible patients beyond CF (asthma, bronchiectasis).
While the 'inverse care law' did apply to 60+ year-olds, it did not apply either to younger NSW hospital users or to public patients in public hospitals.