An economic evaluation of asthma action plans for children with asthma

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 501-508

  Polisena, Julie ^a   Tam, Susanna ^a   Lodha, Abhay ^a   Laporte, Audrey ^a   Coyte, Peter C ^a,b   Ungar, Wendy J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Action plans; Asthma; Child; Cost effectiveness; Disease management; Health services utilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; ONTARIO; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC;

EID: 34548835526     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02770900701495728     Document Type: Article

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