Housing code violation density associated with emergency department and hospital use by children with asthma

Health Affairs

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1993-2002

  Beck, Andrew F ^a   Huang, Bin ^a   Chundur, Raj ^b   Kahn, Robert S ^a  

^a AKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Cincinnati Bell Information Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; COCKROACH; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HOUSING; HOUSING CODE VIOLATION DENSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MOULD; NEIGHBORHOOD; POVERTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; HEALTH DISPARITY; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; OHIO; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OHIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH;

EID: 84909586215     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2014.0496     Document Type: Article

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