Utilization and financial outcomes of an asthma disease management program delivered to Medicaid members: Results of a Three-Group Comparison Study

Disease Management and Health Outcomes

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 455-465

  Johnson, Alan E ^a   Yin, Ming ^a   Berg, Gregory ^a  

^a McKesson   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0043076120     PISSN: 11738790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00115677-200311070-00005     Document Type: Article

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