Asthma home teaching: Two evaluation approaches

Disease Management

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 178-187

  Catov, Janet M ^a,c   Marsh, Gary M ^b   Youk, Ada O ^b   Huffman, Victoria Y ^a  

^a Health and Member Services   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAID; TEACHING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 21744444622     PISSN: 1093507X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dis.2005.8.178     Document Type: Article

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