Decline of outpatient asthma management in Argentina

Respirology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 134-137

  Raimondi, Guillermo A ^a   Menga, Guillermo ^b   Botas, Carolina ^b   Lawrinsky, Verónica ^b  

^a Instituto de Investigaciones Neurologicas Raul Carrera   (Argentina)

^b Instituto de Investigaciones Neurológicas Raúl Carrea ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Asthma; Economic and political instability; Exacerbation; Hospitalization; Management

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADULT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARGENTINA; ASTHMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 38049136585     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2007.01156.x     Document Type: Article

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