Can equal access to care eliminate racial disparities in pediatric asthma outcomes?

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 211-214

  Forester, Joseph P ^a   Ong, Bruce A ^b   Fallot, André ^c  

^a UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

^b Hunter Army Airfield   (United States)

^c MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Ethnicity; Health care; Military Health System; Minority

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARENT; PATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); UNITED STATES;

EID: 42249090855     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02770900801890448     Document Type: Article

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