Asthma surveillance using medicaid administrative data: A call for a national framework

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 485-493

  Dombkowski, Kevin J ^a   Wasilevich, Elizabeth A ^a   Lyon Callo, Sarah ^a   Nguyen, Trang Q ^b   Medvesky, Michael G ^b   Lee, Mary Alice ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c Connecticut Voices for Children ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Administrative data; Asthma; MEDICAID; Prevalence; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAID; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; CONNECTICUT; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MEDICAID; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73449121161     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e3181a8c334     Document Type: Review

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