The economic burden of asthma in US children: Estimates from the National Medical Expenditure Survey

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 957-963

  Lozano, Paula ^a   Sullivan, Sean D ^b   Smith, David H ^b   Weiss, Kevin B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost of illness study; Health economics; National Center for Health Statistics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032760054     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(99)70075-8     Document Type: Article

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