Insurance status and asthma-related health care utilization in patients with severe asthma

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 301-307

  Peters, Anju T ^a   Klemens, Julie C ^a   Haselkorn, Tmirah ^b   Weiss, Scott T ^c   Grammer, Leslie C ^a   Lee, June H ^d   Chen, Hubert ^e,f  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EpiMetrix Inc   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Box 0924 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 42049110725     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60590-X     Document Type: Article

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