Oral corticosteroid prescribing for children with asthma in a medicaid managed care program

Pediatrics

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Farber, Harold J ^a,b   Silveira, Edwin A ^c   Vicere, Douglas R ^c   Kothari, Viral D ^a   Giardino, Angelo P ^a  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Texas Children's Health Plan   (United States)

^c Information Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH INSURANCE; EMERGENCY CARE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; PEDIATRICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; AGE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; INFANT; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEXAS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGE FACTORS; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICAID; MEDICAL OVERUSE; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85019013341     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2016-4146     Document Type: Article

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