Pediatric asthma surveillance using medicaid claims

Public Health Reports

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 515-524

  Dombkowski, Kevin J ^a   Wasilevich, Elizabeth A ^b   Lyon Callo, Sarah K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Michigan Public Health Institute   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; NEWBORN; OUTPATIENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 25144495989     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 00333549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490512000506     Document Type: Article

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