The Use of Administrative Data to Risk-Stratify Asthmatic Patients

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 113-119

  Grana, James ^a,b   Preston, Samuel ^a   McDermott, Patricia D ^a   Hanchak, Nicholas A ^a  

^a US Quality Algorithms Inc   (United States)

^b USQA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE MANAGEMENT; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PENNSYLVANIA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031155318     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0885713X9701200205     Document Type: Article

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