Comparative evaluation of two asthma care quality measures among medicaid beneficiaries

Chest

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1193-1196

  Samnaliev, Mihail ^a,b   Baxter, Jeffrey D ^a   Clark, Robin E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 65949092761     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.07-2962     Document Type: Article

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