Race and sex differences in consistency of care with national asthma guidelines in managed care organizations. Arch Intern Med . 2001;161:1660-1668.Krishnan JA, Diette B, Skinner EA, et al. Race and sex differences in consistency of care with national asthma guidelines in managed care ...
We estimate the prevalence of impaired asthma control among asthmatic children in Hawaii and determine which factors are associated with impaired control.doi:10.1002/ppul.21387Brian H. WuDivision of Pediatric Pulmonary MedicineMichael D. Cabana
Asthma is one of the leading causes of chronic illness among children and the most commonly reported cause of childhood disability. Rates of childhood asthma in the US have been increasing over the last several decades such that the rise in asthma prevalence has been labeled as an epidemic. The...
Among all children, blacks have the highest rates of emergency care, followed by Hispanics children. However, white children are more likely to have asthma-related prescriptions filled than are minority children. Findings demonstrate the importance for state Medicaid and local health system strategies ...
Biomedical Ambiguity: Race, Asthma, and the Contested Meaning of Genetic Research in the Caribbean. by Ian Whitmarshtransaminasesdysferlinopathydistal myopathiesNo abstract is available for this article.doi:10.1111/amet.12015_9Robert A. Halberstein...
METHODS: Eligible individuals had a prior diagnosis of asthma, one or more ICS prescriptions, and were members of a large health maintenance organization in southeast Michigan. Individuals were sent a survey that included questions about internal factors (e.g., patient beliefs, knowledge, and ...
In these countries, the reported prevalence rates ranged from 2.79% to 3.89%. In Egypt many studies on asthma have been performed in the paediatric age groups but very few addressed the adult population and were not representative of the whole country [20]. In some areas, there is limited ...
asthma mortality rates: who is really dying? J Asthma 38:65–71 CAS PubMed Google Scholar Mannino DM, Gagnon RC, Petty TL, Lydick E (2000) Obstructive lung disease and low lung function in adults in the United States: data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988...
In adjusted models, NHB children were significantly less likely to receive a written asthma action plan (OR 0.48; 95% CI 0.31-0.76) than NHW children. In contrast, among adults, we found no statistically significant difference in the provision of asthma action plan. Additionally, we found no ...
Children and adolescents who are overweight or obese are more likely to have asthma than their healthy weight counterparts, according to a new Kaiser Permanente Southern California study published in the online edition of Obesity. The study, which included more than 681,000 children between ages 6...