Compliance with national asthma management guidelines and specialty care: A health maintenance organization experience

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 457-464

  Legorreta, Antonio P ^a,e   Christian Herman, Jennifer ^a   O'Connor, Richard D ^b,c   Hasan, Malik M ^a   Evans, Reaburn ^d   Leung, Kwan Moon ^a,f  

^a Quality Initiatives Division   (United States)

^b Allergy and Immunology Clinic   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^e MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; CALIFORNIA; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032498717     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.158.5.457     Document Type: Article

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