Health-service use by children with asthma over a 6-month period

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-21

  Spurrier, N J ^a   Staugas, R ^b   Sawyer, M G ^c   Wakefield, M A ^d   Ruffin, R E ^c   Jureidini, J ^b   Arney, F ^b   Baghurst, P ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asthma; Health care utilization

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSULTATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOM;

ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0037281170     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1754.2003.00064.x     Document Type: Article

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