"no other choice": Reasons for emergency department utilization among urban adults with acute asthma

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-8

  Lawson, Charlotte C ^a   Carroll, Kate ^a,b   Gonzalez, Rodalyn ^a   Priolo, Chantel ^a   Apter, Andrea J ^a   Rhodes, Karin V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ASTHMA; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891854696     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12285     Document Type: Article

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