Improving improvement for childhood asthma

JAMA

Volumn 306, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1487-1488

  Homer, Charles J ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CHILD HEALTH CARE; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CARE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; NOTE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ASTHMA; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT READMISSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 80053515892     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.1422     Document Type: Editorial

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