Relationship between asthma control status, the Asthma Control Test™ and urgent health-care utilization in Asia

Respirology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 688-697

  Lai, Christopher K W ^a   Ko, Fanny W S ^a   Bhome, Arvind ^b   De Guia, Teresita S ^c   Wong, Gary W K ^a   Zainudin, Bin M Z ^d   Nang, An N ^e   Boonsawat, Watchara ^g   Cho, Sang H ^h   Gunasekera, Kirthi D ⁱ   Hong, Jian G ^j   Hsu, Jeng Yuan ^k   Viet, Nhung N ^f   Yunus, Faisal ^l   Mukhopadhyay, Amartya ^m  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Aditya Birla Memorial Hospital   (India)

^c PHILIPPINE HEART CENTER   (Philippines)

^d Damansara Specialist Hospital   (Malaysia)

^e Institute of Asthma and Allergy   (Viet Nam)

^f National Hospital of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases   (Viet Nam)

^g KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^h Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

ⁱ Central Chest Clinic   (Sri Lanka)

^j SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^k TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^l UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^m NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

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Author keywords

Asia; asthma control; Asthma Control Test; community survey; exacerbation; Global Initiative for Asthma; urgent health care utilization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIA; ASTHMA; CHILD; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ASIA; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955444896     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2011.01954.x     Document Type: Article

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