Racial/ethnic variation in asthma status and management practices among children in managed medicaid

Pediatrics

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 857-865

  Lieu, Tracy A ^a,b,c,d,e   Lozano, Paula ^a,b,c,d,e   Finkelstein, Jonathan A ^a,b,c,d,e   Chi, Felicia W ^a,b,c,d,e   Jensvold, Nancy G ^a,b,c,d,e   Capra, Angela M ^a,b,c,d,e   Quesenberry, Charles P ^a,b,c,d,e   Selby, Joe V ^a,b,c,d,e   Farber, Harold J ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^e Department of Pediatrics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Health status; Managed care; Processes of care; Quality of care; Race; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; TELEPHONE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICAID; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK;

EID: 0036252258     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.109.5.857     Document Type: Article

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