Assessing the quality of asthma care provided to medicaid patients enrolled in managed care organizations in Connecticut

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 211-218

  Apter, A J ^a   Van Hoof, T J ^a   Sherwin, T E ^a   Casey, B A ^a   Petrillo, M K ^a   Meehan, T P ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION; MEDICAID; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN TEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035110563     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)62693-2     Document Type: Article

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