The impact of a large-scale population-based asthma management program on pediatric asthma patients and their caregivers

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 308-315

  Georgiou, Archelle ^a   Buchner, Deborah A ^b,c   Ershoff, Daniel H ^b   Blasko, Kristin M ^a   Goodman, Linda V ^b   Feigin, Joel ^c  

^a UNITEDHEALTH GROUP   (United States)

^b Integrated Therapeutics Group   (United States)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; STEROID;

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FLOWMETER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SKILL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TELEPHONE; VIDEORECORDING; WORKING TIME;

EID: 0037347759     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)61799-1     Document Type: Article

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