Evaluating the length of stay and value of time in a pediatric emergency department with two models by comparing two different albuterol delivery systems

Journal of Medical Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 704-711

  Staggs, Lauren ^a   Peek, Meagan ^a   Southard, Gary ^a   Gracely, Ed ^b   Baxendale, Sidney ^c   Cross, Keith P ^a   Kim, In K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti asthmatic agents; Asthma; Economics; Medication therapy management; Quality of healthcare disease management

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; SALBUTAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG COST; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METERED DOSE INHALER; NEBULIZATION; NEBULIZER; PEDIATRICS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC BETA-2 RECEPTOR AGONISTS; ALBUTEROL; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; KENTUCKY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; METERED DOSE INHALERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84862566292     PISSN: 13696998     EISSN: 1941837X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3111/13696998.2012.674587     Document Type: Article

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