Improved overall trends but persistent racial disparities in emergency department visits for acute asthma, 1993-2005

BACKGROUND: Emergency department (ED) visits for acute asthma provide an important marker of morbidity. OBJECTIVE: To describe the epidemiology of ED visits for acute asthma. METHODS: We obtained data from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 1993 to 2005, and used the primary diagn...

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Main Authors: Ginde, Adit A., Espinola, Janice A., Camargo, Carlos A.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2008
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3538825/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18538382
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaci.2008.04.024
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