Using billing data to describe patterns in asthma-related emergency department visits in children

Pediatrics

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Reeves, Mathew J ^a   Lyon Callo, Sarah ^b   Brown, Michael D ^a,c   Rosenman, Ken ^a   Wasilevich, Elizabeth ^b   Williams, Seymour G ^d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

^c Emergency Medicine Grand Rapids Medical Education And Research Center   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Billing data; Emergency department utilization; Pediatric asthma; Public health surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL BILLING; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ACCOUNTING; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL CHARGE; METHODOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; PATIENT CREDIT AND COLLECTION; PILOT PROJECTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEASONS;

EID: 33745227274     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-2000H     Document Type: Article

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