Inequalities in asthma treatment among children by country of birth and ancestry: A nationwide study in Denmark

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 912-917

  Cantarero Arévalo, Lourdes ^a   Holstein, Bjørn Evald ^b   Andersen, Anette ^b   Kaae, Susanne ^a   Nørredam, Marie ^a   Hansen, Ebba Holme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; BIRTH DATE; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; ETHNICITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; IMMIGRANT;

DENMARK;

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

ACCESS TO HLTH CARE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INEQUALITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; MIGRATION; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCESS TO HLTH CARE; ASTHMA; CHILD HEALTH; INEQUALITIES; MIGRATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; DENMARK; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRESCRIPTIONS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885386080     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2012-202135     Document Type: Article

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