Evaluation of risk factors and health outcomes among persons with asthma

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 234-237

  Smith, Karen ^b,c   Warholak, Terri ^a   Armstrong, Edward ^a   Leib, Marc ^b   Rehfeld, Rick ^a   Malone, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System   (United States)

^c Center for Health Outcomes and PharmacoEconomic Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Asthma costs; Asthma outcomes; Asthma risk factors; Rural; Urban

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; SHORT ACTING DRUG; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; ETHNICITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HISPANIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; NEGRO; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN AREA; AGE; ECONOMICS; INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ARIZONA; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; LEUKOTRIENE ANTAGONISTS; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 65449165234     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02770900802627294     Document Type: Article

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