Racial Disparities in Asthma Morbidity among Pediatric Patients Seeking Asthma Specialist Care

Academic Pediatrics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 64-67

  Mitchell, Stephanie J ^a   Bilderback, Andrew L ^b   Okelo, Sande O ^c  

^a Safety and Innovation ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

access; asthma; asthma specialist care; morbidity; pediatric; pulmonology; racial disparity

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CONSULTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORBIDITY; OUTPATIENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACIAL DISPARITY; RANK SUM TEST; REGISTER; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SPIROMETRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; PARENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULMONOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPECIALIZATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VITAL CAPACITY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PEDIATRICS; PULMONARY MEDICINE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPECIALIZATION; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 84953639109     PISSN: 18762859     EISSN: 18762867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2015.06.010     Document Type: Article

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