Improving pediatric asthma control among minority children participating in medicaid: Providing practice redesign support to deliver a chronic care model

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 718-727

  Fifield, Judith ^a   McQuillan, Julia ^b   Martin Peele, Melanie ^a   Nazarov, Vitaly ^c   Apter, Andrea J ^d   Babor, Thomas ^e   Burleson, Joseph ^e   Cushman, Robert ^a   Hepworth, Jeri ^a   Jackson, Eric ^a   Reisine, Susan ^e   Sheehan, Joseph ^e   Twiggs, Joan ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c BERKSHIRE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^f Evaluation Bureau of Continuous Quality Improvement   (United States)

Author keywords

asthma control; chronic care; decision support; guidelines; minorities; pediatric asthma; practice redesign

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC PATIENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL TRIAL; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAID; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956522249     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2010.486846     Document Type: Article

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