Rural and urban children with asthma: Are school health services meeting their needs?

Pediatrics

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1097-1103

  Hillemeier, Marianne M ^a   Gusic, Maryellen E ^b   Bai, Yu ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Disparities; Rural; School health services; Special health care needs; Urban

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INHALER; NEBULIZER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL HEALTH NURSING; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; URBAN POPULATION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; MONITORING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SCHOOL; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PENNSYLVANIA; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33749053234     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-2239     Document Type: Article

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