Does quality of care affect rates of hospitalization for childhood asthma?

Pediatrics

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 18-23

  Homer, Charles J ^a,b   Szilagyi, Peter ^c   Rodewald, Lance ^c   Bloom, Sheila R ^d   Greenspan, Peter ^b,d   Yazdgerdi, Susan ^d   Leventhal, John M ^e   Finkelstein, Dianne ^f   Perrin, James M ^b,d  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c STRONG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

asthma; children; quality of care

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; AMBULATORY CARE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONNECTICUT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; MEDICAL RECORDS; NEW YORK; OXYGEN; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0029934905     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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