Pulmonary and allergy subspecialty care in adults with asthma: Treatment, use of services, and health outcomes

Western Journal of Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 398-407

  Blanc, Paul D ^a,b   Katz, Patricia P ^a   Henke, Jonathan ^a   Smith, Sherman ^a   Yelin, Edward H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; STEROID;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CERTIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINATION;

ADULT; ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; ASTHMA; CALIFORNIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE (SPECIALTY); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0031416022     PISSN: 00930415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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