Quality of care for children hospitalized with asthma

Pediatrics

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1055-1063

  Nkoy, Flory L ^a   Fassl, Bernhard A ^a   Simon, Tamara D ^a   Stone, Bryan L ^a   Srivastava, Rajendu ^a   Gesteland, Per H ^a   Fletcher, Gena M ^a   Maloney, Christopher G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Inpatient care; Pediatrics; Provider compliance; Quality measures; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; SALBUTAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HOSPITALIZATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UTAH;

EID: 58149171487     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-2399     Document Type: Article

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