Patient perceptions of asthma-related financial burden: Public vs private health insurance in the United States

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 398-403

  Patel, Minal R ^a   Caldwell, Cleopatra H ^a   Song, Peter X K ^a   Wheeler, John R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ASTHMA CONTROL TEST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SECONDARY ANALYSIS; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; UNITED STATES; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH INSURANCE; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; PERCEPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASTHMA; COST OF ILLNESS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FOR-PROFIT INSURANCE PLANS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE, UNITED STATES; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84908469361     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2014.07.004     Document Type: Article

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