Asthma nurse practice improves outcomes and reduces costs in primary health care

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 73-78

  Lindberg, Malou ^a,b   Ahlner, Johan ^a   Ekström, Tommy ^a   Jonsson, Dick ^a   Möller, Margareta ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Department of Research and Development in Primary Health Care ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asthma care; Health economics; Patient self management; Primary health care; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CARE; SWEDEN; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSING CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036122930     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-6712.2002.00054.x     Document Type: Article

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