Effects of increased primary care access on process of care and health outcomes among patients with asthma who frequent emergency departments

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 479-483

  Sin, Don D ^a,c   Bell, Neil R ^b   Paul Man, S F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c The James Hogg iCAPTURE Centre for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; COBALT TELETHERAPY; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFFICE WORKER; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFTERCARE; ALBERTA; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REMINDER SYSTEMS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 5344234017     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2004.04.011     Document Type: Article

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