Nurse versus physician-led care for the management of asthma

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Kuethe, Maarten C ^a   Vaessen Verberne, Anja A P H ^a   Elbers, Roy G ^b   Van Aalderen, Wim M C ^c  

^a AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ASTHMA; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONSULTATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; NURSE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADULT; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; META ANALYSIS; NURSING PRACTICE;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CHILD; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84875500838     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009296.pub2     Document Type: Review

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