The role of income in reducing racial and ethnic disparities in emergency room and urgent care center visits for asthma-United States, 2001-2009

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 405-413

  Law, Huay Zong ^a   Oraka, Emeka ^a   Mannino, David M ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

asthma; disparities; emergency medicine; emergency room; ethnicity; income; minority health; race; socioeconomic factors; urgent care centers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CALCULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ASTHMA; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUERTO RICO; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955055705     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2011.565849     Document Type: Article

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