Costs and health outcomes associated with primary vs secondary care after an asthma-related hospitalization: A population-based study

Chest

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 428-435

  Sadatsafavi, Mohsen ^a   FitzGerald, Mark ^a   Marra, Carlo ^a   Lynd, Larry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; LONG ACTING DRUG; SHORT ACTING DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 84881515834     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.12-2773     Document Type: Article

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