Increase in admission threshold explains stable asthma hospitalization rates

Pediatrics

Volumn 104, Issue 3 I, 1999, Pages 454-462

  Russo, Mark J ^a   McConnochie, Kenneth M ^b,c   McBride, John T ^b   Szilagyi, Peter G ^b   Brooks, Ann Marie ^b   Roghmann, Klaus J ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Hospitalization; Outcomes; Oxygen saturation; Secular variation; Severity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK; PATIENT ADMISSION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0032834605     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.104.3.454     Document Type: Article

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