Use of a Pharmacy and Medical Claims Database to Document Cost Centers for 1993 Annual Asthma Expenditures

Archives of Family Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 36-40

  Stempel, David A ^a   Hedblom, Edwin C ^b   Durcanin Robbins, Joyce F ^b   Sturm, Linda L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Diversified Pharmaceutical Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; COST; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INSURANCE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST ALLOCATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INPATIENTS; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029691375     PISSN: 10633987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archfami.5.1.36     Document Type: Article

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