Burden of comorbidity in individuals with asthma

Thorax

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 612-618

  Gershon, Andrea S ^a   Wang, Chengning ^b   Guan, Jun ^a   To, Teresa ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BILLING AND CLAIMS; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; AMBULATORY CARE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955293478     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2009.131078     Document Type: Article

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