Using the ecology model to describe the impact of asthma on patterns of health care

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Yawn, Barbara P ^a   Fryer, George Edward ^b   Phillips, Robert L ^b   Dovey, Susan M ^b   Lanier, David ^c   Green, Larry A ^b  

^a OLMSTED MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Robert Graham Centre   (United States)

^c Agency for Health Care Policy and Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; ECOLOGY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 26844504870     PISSN: 14712466     EISSN: 14712466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2466-5-7     Document Type: Article

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