Language concordance as a determinant of patient compliance and emergency room use in patients with asthma

Medical Care

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 1988, Pages 1119-1128

  Manson, Aaron ^a  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Compliance; Emergency room use; Language concordance; Patient; Usage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHNIC GROUP; GROUP PRACTICE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ASTHMA; COMMUNICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GROUP PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 500 AND OVER; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; NEW YORK CITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; STATISTICS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0024223911     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-198812000-00003     Document Type: Article

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