Hospital readmissions for childhood asthma: The role of individual and neighborhood factors

Public Health Reports

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-78

  Sze, Yan Liu ^a   Pearlman, Deborah N ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RHODE ISLAND; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 67650034637     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490912400110     Document Type: Article

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