A national census of those attending UK accident and emergency departments with asthma

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 16-20

  Partridge, M R ^a,b   Latouche, D ^a   Trako, E ^a   Thurston, J G B ^a  

^a UK National Asthma Task Force   (United Kingdom)

^b WHIPPS CROSS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A E attendance; Asthma; Hospital admission; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WAKEFULNESS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ASTHMA; CENSUSES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0031034728     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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