An employer perspective on annual employee and dependent costs for pediatric asthma

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 114-120

  Kleinman, Nathan L ^a   Brook, Richard A ^b   Ramachandran, Sulabha ^c  

^a Human Capital Management Services   (United States)

^b JeSTARx Group   (United States)

^c ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CALCULATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; EMPLOYER; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; PEDIATRICS; PHARMACY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMPLOYER HEALTH COSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INSURANCE BENEFITS; MALE; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SICK LEAVE; UNITED STATES; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 68249120464     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60163-9     Document Type: Article

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