Physician asthma education program improves outcomes for children of low-income families

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Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 369-374

  Brown, Randall ^a   Bratton, Susan L ^a,c   Cabana, Michael D ^a   Kaciroti, Niko ^a   Clark, Noreen M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c F6884 Mott/0243 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Communication; Controller medications; Emergency department; Hospitalization; Pediatric; Physician education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

EID: 4143127776     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.126.2.369     Document Type: Article

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