Racial and ethnic differences in childhood asthma treatment in the United States

Health Services Research

Volumn 48, Issue 6 PART1, 2013, Pages 2014-2036

  Sarpong, Eric M ^a   Miller, G Edward ^a  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma controller medications; Children; Decomposition; Insurance status; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; METHYLXANTHINE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRUG USE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; RACE DIFFERENCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL MEDICINE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ASTHMA CONTROLLER MEDICATIONS; CAUCASIAN; DECOMPOSITION; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; INFANT; INSURANCE; INSURANCE STATUS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RACE-ETHNICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ASTHMA CONTROLLER MEDICATIONS; CHILDREN; DECOMPOSITION; INSURANCE STATUS; RACE-ETHNICITY;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892976379     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12077     Document Type: Article

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