Quantifying preventive asthma care delivered at office visits: The preventive asthma care-composite index (PAC-CI)

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 559-564

  Halterman, Jill S ^a   Kitzman, Harriet ^b   McMullen, Ann ^b   Lynch, Kathleen ^a   Fagnano, Maria ^a   Conn, Kelly M ^a   Yoos, H Lorrie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Composite index; Office based care; Preventive care

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE ASTHMA CARE COMPOSITE INDEX; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROPHYLAXIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RECURRENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; STATISTICS;

EID: 33750029288     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02770900600859172     Document Type: Article

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