Asthma prescribing, ethnicity and risk of hospital admission: An analysis of 35,864 linked primary and secondary care records in East London

npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Hull, Sally A ^a   McKibben, Shauna ^a   Homer, Kate ^a   Taylor, Stephanie Jc ^a   Pike, Katy ^a   Griffiths, Chris ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INHALER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SECONDARY CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84983250959     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20551010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npjpcrm.2016.49     Document Type: Article

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