INTRODUCTION: Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects about 300 million people, where a significant proportion is the paediatric population. There are currently no studies in Peru where regimens seeking adherence to asthma control are related to a decrease in hospitalization. OBJECTIVES: Determine the relationship between adherence to an asthma management regimen and the incidence of hospitalization in asthmatic children aged 5 to 12 years in a private clinic in Lima, Peru. METHODS: Retrospective cohort study conducted at all headquarters of the private clinic. 388 patients between 5 and 12 years of age were included, of them 76 abandoned the asthma management regimen voluntarily during the study period. Therefore, 312 patients with asthma diagnosis who entered the asthma management regimen were obtained as a sample between 2012 and 2013. The exposure variable was adherence...