Dedicated asthma center improves the quality of care and resource utilization for pediatric asthma: A multicenter study

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 709-715

  Battleman, D S ^a   Callahan, M A ^a   Silber, S ^a   Munoz C I ^a   Santiago, L ^a   Abularrage, J ^a   Jabbar, H ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Asthma center; Emergency department utilizatiion; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAREGIVER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN AREA;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PEDIATRICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEROIDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0034939492     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2001.tb00189.x     Document Type: Article

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