Reducing quality-of-care disparities in childhood asthma: La red de asma infantil intervention in San Juan, Puerto Rico

Pediatrics

Volumn 131, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages

  Lara, Marielena ^a   Ramos Valencia, Gilberto ^b   González Gavillún, Jesús A ^b   López Malpica, Fernando ^b   Morales Reyes, Beatriz ^c   Marín, Heriberto ^b   Rodríguez Sánchez, Mario H ^b   Mitchell, Herman ^d  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Graduate School of Public Health   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^d Rho Federal Systems Division Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood asthma; Evidence based interventions; Fidelity of implementation; Implementation scienc; Latino Hispanic; Puerto Rico; Quality of care; Translational research

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; METHYLXANTHINE; STEROID;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE STUDY; CHILD; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST SAVINGS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POVERTY; PUERTO RICO; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SELF CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84874625064     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-1427d     Document Type: Article

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