The burden of mild asthma: Clinical burden and healthcare resource utilisation in the NOVELTY study

•Patients with physician-assessed mild asthma still have significant disease burden.•Over 20% of patients experienced any exacerbation in the previous 12 months.•Almost 10% of patients had one or more hospital or clinic visit for an exacerbation.•Nearly 30% of patients had not well or very poorly controlled asthma symptoms.•Many patients were prescribed medication consistent with more severe disease.