An investigation of asthma care best practices in a community health center

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 23, Issue 3 SUPPL, 2012, Pages 255-264

  Leach, Eileen Enny ^b   Lester, Deborah ^a   Mohammad, Acklema ^b   Hernandez, Paloma Izquierdez ^b   Walker, Elizabeth A ^c  

^a Institute for the Advancement of Community Health   (United States)

^b UHP   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Black; Community health center; Community academic partnership; Electronic health record; Latino; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864655479     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2012.0140     Document Type: Article

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