A randomized controlled trial of a pediatric asthma outreach program

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 103, Issue 3 II, 1999, Pages 436-440

  Greineder, Dirk K ^a,b   Loane, Kathleen C ^c   Parks, Paula ^a  

^a HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Case management; Child; Cost; Health education; Managed care; Outreach; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; BOSTON; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NURSES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS;

EID: 0033017539     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0091-6749(99)70468-9     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Gergen PJ, Weiss KB. Changing patterns of asthma hospitalization among children: 1979 to 1987. JAMA 1990;264:1688-92.
2. Taylor WR, Newacheck PW. Impact of childhood asthma on health. Pediatrics 1992;90:657-62.
3. Evans RE, Mullally DI, Wilson RW, et al. National trends in the morbidity and mortality of asthma over two decades: 1965-1984. Chest 1987;91:65S-74S.
4. Gergen PJ, Mullally DI, Evans R. National survey of prevalence of asthma among children in the United States, 1976 to 1980. Pediatrics 1988;81:l-7.
5. Halfon N, Newacheck PW. Trends in the hospitalization for acute childhood asthma, 1970-84. Am J Public Health. 1986;76:1308-11.
6. Weiss KB, Zimmerman EM, Gergen PJ, et al. Special report of the NIAID task force on immunology and allergy: the socioeconomic impact of immunologic and allergic diseases in the United States. Washington (DC): US Dept of Health and Human Services; 1991.
7. Weiss KB, Gergen PJ, Hodgson TA. An economic evaluation of asthma in the United States. N Engl J Med 1992;326:862-6.
8. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Asthma-United States, 1989-1992. MMWR 1995;43:952-5.
9. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Asthma mortality and hospitalization among children and young adults-United States, 1990-1993. MMWR 1996;45:350-3.
10. Greineder DK, Loane KC, Parks P. Reduction in resource utilization by an asthma outreach program. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 1995;149:415-20.
11. National Asthma Education Program. Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma. Bethesda (Md): US Dept of Health and Human Services; 1991. NIH publication no. 91-3642.
12. Siegel S. Nonparametric statistics for the behavioral sciences. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co; 1956.
13. Swinscow TDV. Statistics at square one. London: British Medical Association; 1978.
14. Greineder DK, Loane KC, Parks P. Outcomes for control patients referred to a pediatric asthma outreach program: an example of the Hawthorne Effect. Am J Man Care 1998;4:196-202.
15. Garrett J, Fenwick JM, Taylor G, Mitchell E, Stewart J, Rea H. Prospective controlled evaluation of the effect of a community based asthma education centre in a multiracial working class environment. Thorax 1994;49:976-83.
16. Fireman P, Friday GA, Gira C, Vierthaler WA, Michaels L. Teaching self-management skills to asthmatic children and their parents in an ambulatory care setting. Pediatrics 1981;68:341-8.
17. Hughes DM, McLoed M, Garner B, Goldbloom RB. Controlled trial of a home and ambulatory program for asthmatic children. Pediatrics 1991;87:54-61.
18. Clark NM, Feldman CH, Evans D, Levison MJ, Wasilewski Y, Mellins RB. The impact of health education on frequency and cost of health care use by low income children with asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1986;78:108-15.
19. Mitchell EA, Britton JR, Tattersfield AE. Management of asthma in schools. Arch Dis Child 1987;62:414-5.