Inadequate follow-up controller medications among patients with asthma who visit the emergency department

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 316-322

  Cydulka, Rita K ^a,b   Tamayo Sarver, Joshua H ^b   Wolf, Christine ^c   Herrick, Erin ^a   Gress, Sarah ^d  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics ^*  (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG USE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ASTHMA; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DRUG UTILIZATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OHIO; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 25444470500     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2004.12.024     Document Type: Article

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