Medicaid patient asthma-related acute care visits and their associations with ozone and particulates in Washington, DC, from 1994-2005

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 209-221

  Babin, Steven ^a   Burkom, Howard ^a   Holtry, Rekha ^a   Tabernero, Nathaniel ^a   Davies Cole, John ^b   Stokes, Lynette ^c   DeHaan, Kerda ^b   Lee, Deitra ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b District of Columbia Department of Health   (United States)

^c United States Department of Labor   (United States)

^d US Government Accountability Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute care visits; Medicaid patient; Ozone; Particulates

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; ASTHMA; HEALTH CARE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMERGENCY CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; NEWBORN; PARTICULATE MATTER; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; INFANT; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA];

EID: 45849097629     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603120701694091     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Dvorin DJ, Lee JJ, Belecanech GA, Goldstein MF, Dunsky EH. 2001. A comparative, volumetric survey of airborne pollen in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1991-1997) and Cherry Hill, New Jersey (1995-1997). Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 87:394-404.
2. Finkelstein JA, Lozano P, Farber HJ, Miroshnik I, Lieu TA. 2002. Underuse of controller medications among Medicaid-insured children with asthma. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 156:562-567.
3. Galan I, Tobias A, Banegas JR, Aranguez E. 2003. Short-term effects of air pollution on daily asthma emergency room admissions. Eur Respir J. 22:802-808.
4. Gent JF, Triche EW, Holford TR, Belanger K, Bracken MB, Beckett WS, Leaderer BP. 2003. Association of low-level ozone and fine particles with respiratory symptoms in children with asthma. JAMA. 290:1859-1867.
5. Gern JE, Busse WW. 1999. Association of rhinovirus infections with asthma. Clin Microbiol Rev. 12(1):9-18.
6. Gwynn RC, Thurston GD. 2001. The burden of air pollution: impacts among racial minorities. Environ Health Perspect. 109 Suppl 4:501-506.
7. Hart AC, Hopkins CA. editors. 2003. 2003 ICD9CM Expert for Hospitals. 6th ed. Salt Lake City (UT): St Anthony Publishing.
8. Holmen A, Blomqvist J, Frindberg H, Johnelius Y, Eriksson NE, Henricson KA, Herrstrom P, Hogstedt B. 1997. Frequency of patients with acute asthma in relation to ozone, nitrogen dioxide, other pollutants of ambient air and meteorological observations. Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 69:317-322.
9. Jaffe DH, Singer ME, Rimm AA. 2003. Air pollution and emergency department visits for asthma among Ohio Medicaid recipients, 1991-1996. Environ Res. 91:21-28.
10. Kimes D, Levine E, Timmins S, Weiss SR, Bollinger ME, Blaisdell C. 2004. Temporal dynamics of emergency department and hospital admissions of pediatric asthmatics. Environ Res. 94(1):7-17.
11. Lipsett M, Hurley S, Ostro B. 1997. Air pollution and emergency room visits for asthma in Santa Clara County, California. Environ Health Persp. 105(2):216-222.
12. Litonjua AA, Carey VJ, Weiss ST, Gold DR. 1999. Race, socioeconomic factors, and area of residence are associated with asthma prevalence. Pediatr Pulmonol. 28:394-401.
13. Mannino DM, Homa DM, Akinbami LJ, Moorman JE, Gwynn C, Redd SC. 2002. Surveillance for asthma-United States, 1980-1999. MMWR. 51(SS01):1-13.
14. Martinez FD, Wright AL, Taussig LM, Holberg CJ, Halonen M, Morgan WJ. 1995. Asthma and wheezing in the first six years of life. NEJM. 332(3):133-138.
15. McGeehin MA, Qualters JR, Niskar AS. 2004. National Environmental Public Health Tracking Program: bridging the information gap. Environ Health Perspect. 112:1409-1413.
16. [NAB] National Allergy Bureau. 2006. National Allergy Bureau Scale. American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology; [cited 2007 Mar 2]. Available from: http://www.aaaai.org/nab/index.cfm?p=reading_charts.
17. Peden DB. 2002. Pollutants and asthma: role of air toxics. Environ Health Perspect. 110 Suppl 4:565-568.
18. Rona RJ. 2000. Asthma and poverty. Thorax. 55:239-244.
19. Stata. 2003. Stata Release 8: User's Guide. College Station (TX): Stata Press.
20. Schwarz G. 1978. Estimating the dimension of a model. Ann Stat. 6(2):461-464.
21. Sunyer J, Spix C, Quenel P, Ponce-de-Leon A, Ponka A, Barumandzadeh T, Touloumi G, Bacharova L, Wojtyniak B, Vonk J, Bisanti L, Schwartz J, Katsouyanni K. 1997. Urban air pollution and emergency admissions for asthma in four European cities: the APHEA Project. Thorax. 52:760-765.
22. Taylor PE, Flagan RC, Valenta R, Glovsky MM. 2002. Release of allergens as respirable aerosols: a link between grass pollen and asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 109:51-56.
23. Thurston GD, Bates DV. 2003. Air pollution as an underappreciated cause of asthma symptoms. JAMA. 290(14):1915-1917.
24. Tolbert PE, Mulholland JA, Macintosh DL, Xu F, Daniels D, Devine OW, Carlin BP, Klein M, Dorley J, Butler AJ, Nordenberg DF, Frumkin H, Ryan PB, White MC. 2000. Air quality and pediatric emergency room visits for asthma in Atlanta, Georgia. Am J Epidemiol. 151(8):798-810.
25. Weisel CP, Cody RP, Lioy PJ. 1995. Relationship between summertime ambient ozone levels and emergency department visits for asthma in central New Jersey. Environ Health Perspect. 103 Suppl 2:97-102.
26. Werk LN, Steinbach S, Adams WG, Bauchner H. 2000. Beliefs about diagnosing asthma in young children. Pediatrics. 105:585-590.
27. White MC, Etzel RA, Wilcox WD, Lloyd C. 1994. Exacerbations of childhood asthma and ozone pollution in Atlanta. Environ Res. 65:56-68.