A population-based study of adults who frequently visit the emergency department for acute asthma: California and Florida, 2009-2010

Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 158-166

  Hasegawa, Kohei ^a,b   Tsugawa, Yusuke ^b,c,d   Brown, David F M ^a,b   Camargo Jr , Carlos A ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d St Luke's Life Science Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asthma; Emergency department; Outcomes; Recurrent exacerbation; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; POPULATION RESEARCH; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; ASTHMA; CALIFORNIA; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898762402     PISSN: 23256621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201306-166OC     Document Type: Article

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