Can a community evidence-based asthma care program improve clinical outcomes? A longitudinal study

Medical Care

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1257-1266

  To, Teresa ^a,b,c,d   Cicutto, Lisa ^d   Degani, Naushaba ^a   McLimont, Susan ^a   Beyene, Joseph ^a,d  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Disease management; Evidence based medicine; Longitudinal studies; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649089607     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31817d6990     Document Type: Article

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