An economic evaluation of asthma in the united states

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 326, Issue 13, 1992, Pages 862-866

  Weiss, Kevin B ^a   Gergen, Peter J ^b   Hodgson, Thomas A ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; WORK;

EID: 0026566147     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199203263261304     Document Type: Article

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