Components of recommended asthma care and the use of long-term control medication among urban children with asthma

Medical Care

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 940-947

  Stingone, Jeanette Anne ^a   Claudio, Luz ^b,c  

^a IL   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma management; Health disparities; Health literacy; Patient education; Pediatric asthma

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP DISORDER; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ASTHMA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 69449102342     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318199300c     Document Type: Article

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