Risk factors for emergency department use among children with asthma using primary care in a managed care environment

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 268-275

  Lafata, Jennifer Elston ^a   Xi, Hugo ^a   Divine, George ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Emergency department; Healthcare use; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUTOMATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INCOME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RACE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036341733     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1367/1539-4409(2002)002<0268:RFFEDU>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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