Emergency department allies: A controlled trial of two emergency department-based follow-up interventions to improve asthma outcomes in children

Pediatrics

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Gorelick, Marc H ^a,b   Meurer, John R ^a   Walsh Kelly, Christine M ^a   Brousseau, David C ^a   Grabowski, Laura ^a   Cohn, Jennifer ^a   Kuhn, Evelyn M ^a   Kelly, Kevin J ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Children's Research Institute ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Chronic disease management; Emergency; Intervention

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; WISCONSIN;

EID: 33745238070     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-2000J     Document Type: Article

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