Disparities and predictors of emergency department use among California's African American, Latino, and white children, aged 1-11 years, with asthma

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-77

  Wright, Kynna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Asthma; Disparities; Emergency department; Latino

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHNOLOGY; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; PARENT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SINGLE PARENT; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASTHMA; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED CHILDREN; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; PARENTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-PARENT FAMILY;

EID: 65249114673     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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