Urban minority children with asthma: Substantial morbidity, compromised quality and access to specialists, and the importance of poverty and specialty care

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 392-398

  Flores, Glenn ^a,b   Snowden Bridon, Christina ^a,b   Torres, Sylvia ^c   Perez, Ruth ^d   Walter, Tim ^e   Brotanek, Jane ^a,b   Lin, Hua ^a   Tomany Korman, Sandy ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d AURORA SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Signature Science LLC ^*

^f Signature Science LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Asthma; Children; Hispanic Americans; Minority groups; Specialties

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MINORITY GROUP; MORBIDITY; NOCTURNAL ASTHMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; POVERTY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URBAN POPULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; MEDICINE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; TEXAS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 67649814195     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02770900802712971     Document Type: Article

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