Race, income, urbanicity, and asthma hospitalization in California: A small area analysis

Chest

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1277-1284

  Ray, Nancy Fox ^a,c   Thamer, Mae ^a   Fadillioglu, Bahar ^a   Gergen, Peter J ^b  

^a Med Technol Pract Patterns Inst   (United States)

^b AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^c UNITED BIOSOURCE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian; Asthma; Black; California; Ethnicity; Hospitalization; Income; Los Angeles; Mexican American; Race; Small area analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0031902818     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.113.5.1277     Document Type: Article

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