Asthma medication ratio predicts emergency department visits and hospitalizations in children with asthma

Medicare and Medicaid Research Review

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Andrews, Annie Lintzenich ^a   Simpson, Annie N ^b   Basco Jr , William T ^a   Teufel II, Ronald J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Medicaid; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MEDICATION RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; MEDICAID; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH CAROLINA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84891775178     PISSN: 21590354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5600/mmrr.003.04.a05     Document Type: Article

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