Low rates of controller medication initiation and outpatient follow-up after emergency department visits for asthma

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 325-330

  Andrews, Annie Lintzenich ^a   Teufel II, Ronald J ^a   Basco Jr , William T ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN AREA;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; OFFICE VISITS; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855679736     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2011.07.037     Document Type: Article

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