Health care utilization and cost among children with asthma who were enrolled in a health maintenance organization

Pediatrics

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 757-764

  Lozano, Paula ^a,b,c   Fishman, Paul ^a   Vonkorff, Michael ^a   Hecht, Julia ^a  

^a Center for Health Studies   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

asthma; cost; health services; marginal cost; utilization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; COST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0030920548     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.99.6.757     Document Type: Article

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