Validation of a β-agonist long-term asthma control scale derived from computerized pharmacy data

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 995-1000

  Schatz, Michael ^a   Zeiger, Robert S ^a   Vollmer, William M ^d   Mosen, David ^e   Apter, Andrea J ^f   Stibolt, Thomas B ^e   Leong, Albin ^b   Johnson, Michael S ^e   Mendoza, Guillermo ^c   Cook, E Francis ^g  

^a Departments of Allergy San Diego   (United States)

^b Departments of Allergy Sacramento   (United States)

^c Departments of Allergy Vacaville   (United States)

^d Center for Health Research (Portland)   (United States)

^e KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^g HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

agonists; administrative data; Asthma; asthma control; asthma population management

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LEUKOTRIENE; SALBUTAMOL; STEROID; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; EMERGENCY WARD; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHARMACY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ADULT; ALBUTEROL; ASTHMA; CLINICAL PHARMACY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646146476     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2006.01.053     Document Type: Article

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