Cartography of emergency department visits for asthma - Targeting high-morbidity populations

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 427-433

  Lajoie, Pierre ^a,c   Laberge, Andrée ^b   Lebel, Germain ^c   Boulet, Louis Philippe ^d   Demers, Marie ^e   Mercier, Pierre ^b   Gagnon, Marie France ^b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Direction régionale de santé publique de Montréal   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^d LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Programme québécois de cancérologie   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care; Epidemiology; Health services; Public health; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANADA; CHILD; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MORBIDITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 7244251835     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2004/607625     Document Type: Article

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