Lack of insurance coverage and urgent care use for asthma: A retrospective cohort study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Markovitz, Barry P ^a   Andresen, Elena M ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; RACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INSURANCE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645000545     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-14     Document Type: Article

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