Community Asthma Initiative: Evaluation of a Quality Improvement Program for Comprehensive Asthma Care
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METHODS. The selected families were given the option of increased care encompassing nurse care management and home visits. QI assessment centered on parent interviews at enrollment and at 6and 12-month contacts. Administrative hospital information was used to evaluate ED visits and hospitalizations at enrollment and 1 to 2 years after enrollment. Hospital expenditures of the program were compared with hospital expenditures of a comparable neighboring community.
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Community asthma initiative: evaluation of a quality improvement program for comprehensive asthma care.
OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to assess the cost-effectiveness of a quality improvement (QI) program in reducing asthma emergency department (ED) visits, hospitalizations, limitation of physical activity, patient missed school, and parent missed work. METHODS Urban, low-income patients with asthma from 4 zip codes were identified through logs of ED visits or hospitalizations, and...
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