Ethnic variations in asthma hospital admission, readmission and death: A retrospective, national cohort study of 4.62 million people in Scotland

BMC Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-9

  Sheikh, Aziz ^a,b   Steiner, Markus F C ^c   Cezard, Genevieve ^a   Bansal, Narinder ^a,d   Fischbacher, Colin ^a,e   Simpson, Colin R ^a   Douglas, Anne ^a   Bhopal, Raj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Death; Epidemiology; Ethnic variations; Hospital admission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BANGLADESHI; CARIBBEAN (PERSON); CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIAN; IRISH (CITIZEN); MALE; PAKISTANI; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCOTSMAN; SELF CARE; SOUTH ASIAN; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLACK PERSON; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCOTLAND; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; SELF CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84953879925     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-015-0546-6     Document Type: Article

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