Risk factors for repeat attendance at hospital emergency departments among adults and children with asthma

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 277-284

  Wakefield, M ^a   Staugas, R ^b   Ruffin, R ^c   Campbell, D ^d   Beilby, J ^e   McCaul, K ^a  

^a South Australian Health Commission   (Australia)

^b WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adults; Asthma; Children; Emergency department

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 0030829458     PISSN: 00048291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1997.tb01979.x     Document Type: Article

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