Outpatient management practices associated with reduced risk of pediatric asthma hospitalization and emergency department visits

Pediatrics

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 334-341

  Lieu, Tracy A ^a   Quesenberry Jr , Charles P ^a   Capra, Angela M ^a   Sorel, Michael E ^a   Martin, Kathleen E ^a   Mendoza, Guillermo R ^b  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Kaiser Permanente ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Behaviors; Managed care; Outpatient care; Parents; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK MANAGEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; BEDDING AND LINENS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; INTERVIEWS; LAUNDERING; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRITING;

EID: 0030929504     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.100.3.334     Document Type: Article

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