Suboptimal asthma care for immigrant children: Results of an audit study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Urbanus Van Laar, J J Nathalie ^a   De Koning, Johan S ^b   Klazinga, Niek S ^a   Stronks, Karien ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PARENT COUNSELING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; CHILD HEALTH CARE; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIGRATION; NETHERLANDS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NETHERLANDS; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 40149092157     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-22     Document Type: Article

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