The impact of chronic disease management in primary care on inequality in asthma severity

Journal of Public Health Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 258-260

  Baker, Deborah ^a   Middleton, Elizabeth ^b   Campbell, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Chronic disease management; Inequality; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POVERTY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASTHMA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0141929291     PISSN: 09574832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdg048     Document Type: Article

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