Do patients of subspecialist physicians benefit from written asthma action plans?

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 191, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1374-1383

  Sheares, Beverley J ^a   Mellins, Robert B ^a   Dimango, Emily ^b   Serebrisky, Denise ^c   Zhang, Yuan ^a   Bye, Michael R ^a,g   Dovey, Mark E ^d,h   Nachmanx, Sami ^c,e   Hutchinson, Vincent ^e   Evans, David ^a,f  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Albert Einstein College of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e HARLEM HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^f School of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^h BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Action plans; Asthma; Minority; Physicians; Self management

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CARE; TREATMENT PLANNING; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPECIALIZATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE; SPECIALIZATION; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938486493     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201407-1338OC     Document Type: Article

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