Adult asthma disease management: An analysis of studies, approaches, outcomes, and methods

Respiratory Care

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 878-886

  Maciejewski, Matthew L ^a,b,c   Chen, Shih Yin ^d   Au, David H ^e,f  

^a Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d Abt Bio Pharma Solutions Inc   (United States)

^e VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Disease management; Outcomes; Study design; Study quality

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CINAHL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMBASE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PSYCINFO; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 67650466149     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4187/002013209793800385     Document Type: Review

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