Asthma Intervention Program Prevents Readmissions in High Healthcare Users
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Asthma intervention program prevents readmissions in high healthcare users.
The largest portion of the cost for asthma healthcare is due to hospitalizations. Improved methods of healthcare delivery for patients with asthma are needed to prevent readmissions. From 1996 to 1999, 96 adult subjects (predominantly young African American women) hospitalized with an asthma exacerbation, who had a history of frequent healthcare use, were randomized to an asthma nurse specialis...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1073-449X,1535-4970
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200208-877oc