Risk areas for pediatric acute care: asthma differs from upper and lower respiratory illness

To determine if emergency department utilization for pediatric respiratory illness varies across small geographic jurisdictions within a large urban city. A retrospective analysis of Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission Emergency Department discharge data. All non-neonatal, Baltimore City...

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Published in:Health & place 2007-06, Vol.13 (2), p.404-416
Main Authors: Blaisdell, Carol J., LoCasale, Robert, Gu, Ana, Weiss, Sheila R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accident and emergency departments
Acute Disease
Adolescent
Asthma
Baltimore
Child
Child, Preschool
Children
Emergency
Emergency Service, Hospital - utilization
Female
Health care
Health care utilization
Health services
Health technology assessment
Hospitals
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Lower respiratory tract infection
Male
Pediatrics
Respiratory Tract Infections
Retrospective Studies
Risk
Socioeconomic status
U.S.A
Upper respiratory tract infection
Urban areas
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Summary:To determine if emergency department utilization for pediatric respiratory illness varies across small geographic jurisdictions within a large urban city. A retrospective analysis of Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission Emergency Department discharge data. All non-neonatal, Baltimore City residents
ISSN:1353-8292
1873-2054
DOI:10.1016/j.healthplace.2006.03.004