Rate and Cost of Hospitalizations for Asthma in Quebec: An Analysis of 1988/89, 1989/90 and 1994/95 Data

Chronic Diseases in Canada

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 82-88

  Laurier, Claudine ^a   Kennedy, Wendy ^a   Malo, Jean Luc ^b   Paré, Michèle ^a   Labbé, Daniel ^c   Archambault, André ^a   Contandriopoulos, André Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Asthma; Costs; Hospitalizations; Quebec

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANADA; CHILD; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUEBEC; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0032616531     PISSN: 02288699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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