Quality of care for childhood asthma: Estimating impact and implications

Pediatrics

Volumn 123, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2009, Pages

  Mattke, Soeren ^a,c   Martorell, Francisco ^a   Sharma, Priya ^a   Malveaux, Floyd ^b   Lurie, Nicole ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Merck Childhood Asthma Network Inc   (United States)

^c Bain and Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Cost benefit ratio; Health care disparities

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; METHYLXANTHINE; STEROID;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ASTHMA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ABSENTEEISM; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 63449127871     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-2233K     Document Type: Review

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