Relationship between presence of a reported medical home and emergency department use among children with asthma

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 450-475

  Diedhiou, Abdoulaye ^a   Probst, Janice C ^a   Hardin, James W ^a   Martin, Amy B ^a   Xirasagar, Sudha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

childhood asthma; emergency department; medical home; primary care; special health care needs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; PARENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 77954926907     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558710367735     Document Type: Article

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