The individual and health sector costs of asthma: The first year of a longitudinal study in New South Wales

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 429-435

  Kenny, Patricia ^a,b   Lancsar, Emily ^a,b,c   Hall, Jane ^a   King, Madeleine ^a   Chaplin, Meredyth ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Cooperative Research Centre for Asthma ^*  (Australia)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MINERAL; VACCINE; VITAMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COST; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICARE; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SELF REPORT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 27544495777     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2005.tb00222.x     Document Type: Article

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