The economic impact of children dispensed asthma medications without an asthma diagnosis

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 148, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 819-823

  Stempel, David A ^a   Spahn, Joseph D ^a   Stanford, Richard H ^a   Rosenzweig, Jacqueline R Carranza ^a   McLaughlin, Trent P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; LONG ACTING DRUG; SHORT ACTING DRUG; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG COST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANAGED CARE; MORBIDITY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33745020171     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

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