Use of asthma guidelines by primary care providers to reduce hospitalizations and emergency department visits in poor, minority, urban children

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 146, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 591-597

  Cloutier, Michelle M ^a   Hall, Charles B ^b   Wakefield, Dorothy B ^b   Bailit, Howard ^b  

^a Farmington   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; BREATHING EXERCISE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 18144413920     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2004.12.017     Document Type: Article

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