The Breathmobile™ Program: Structure, implementation, and evolution of a large-scale, urban, pediatric asthma disease management program

Disease Management

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 205-222

  Jones, Craig A ^a,c   Clement, Loran T ^a   Hanley Lopez, Jean ^a   Morphew, Tricia ^b   Kwong, Kenny Yat Choi ^a   Lifson, Francene ^b   Opas, Lawrence ^a   Guterman, Jeffrey J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c General Laboratories Building   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CERTIFICATION; CHILD; CITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT; LOS ANGELES; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 24944517787     PISSN: 1093507X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dis.2005.8.205     Document Type: Article

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