Adherence to guidelines for drug treatment of asthma in children: Potential for improvement in Swedish primary care

Quality in Primary Care

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 131-139

  Ingemansson, Maria ^a,b,g   Wettermark, Björn ^c   Jonsson, Eva Wikström ^b,d   Bredgård, Marian ^c   Jonsson, Marina ^e   Hedlin, Gunilla ^b   Kiessling, Anna ^c,f  

^a Internal Medicine and Cardiology   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^e Pharmacy Hjrtat   (Sweden)

^f Sweden Karolinska Institutet Department of Clinical Sciences Danderyd Hospital Stressrehab FoU Danderyd   (Sweden)

^g Astrid Lindgrens Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anti asthmatic agents; Asthma; Drug utilisation; General practitioner; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SWEDEN;

EID: 84862022263     PISSN: 14791072     EISSN: 14791064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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