Racial/ethnic disparities in symptom severity among children hospitalized with asthma

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 54-61

  Bai, Yu ^a   Hillemeier, Marianne M ^a   Lengerich, Eugene J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Child; Disparity; Ethnicity; Race

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALIZED ADOLESCENT; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; INSURANCE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT, HOSPITALIZED; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; PENNSYLVANIA; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33947502492     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2007.0001     Document Type: Article

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