Development of a questionnaire weighted scoring system to target diagnostic examinations for asthma in adults: A modelling study

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 5, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Hirsch, Sybil ^a   Frank, Timothy L ^a   Shapiro, Jonathan L ^b   Hazell, Michelle L ^a   Frank, Peter I ^a  

^a WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CODING; PHYSICIAN; POSTAL MAIL; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; WHEEZING; CHEST PAIN; COUGH; DYSPNEA; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; CHEST PAIN; COUGH; DYSPNEA; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING;

EID: 14644417902     PISSN: 14712296     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-5-30     Document Type: Review

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