Superior clinical outcomes of inner city asthma patients treated in an allergy clinic

Comparison of Quality of Care by Specialist and Generalist Physicians as Usual Source of Asthma Care for Children

“…There was limited information about characteristics of nonrespondents. At both MCOs, nonresponse was greater among parents of older children (11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17) years) than younger ones. 5-10 At 1 of the MCOs, nonresponse was greater among parents of girls than boys (60% vs 49%) and among parents in point-of-service plans (71%) than in health maintenance organization plans (49%).…”

Follow-Up After Acute Asthma Episodes: What Improves Future Outcomes?

“…Several observational studies have also reported reduced ED visits, hospitalizations, or both in patients managed by asthma specialists compared with patients managed by generalists (45)(46)(47)(48)(49)(50)(51). Such studies have also reported fewer symptoms, less ␤-agonist use, improved quality of life, and higher patient satisfaction in patients followed by asthma specialists (48,(52)(53)(54).…”

Improved asthma outcomes from allergy specialist care: A population-based cross-sectional analysis

“…[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] However, many of these studies are limited by methodological problems, such as limited sample size, [2][3][4][5]8,9 assessment of limited outcomes, 3,7,8,11 suboptimal adjustment for important demographic confounders, 2,3,6,8,10,11 not being population based, 2,4,8,10 inadequate or poorly defined comparison groups, 2,4 and possible differences between groups regarding health care access. 2,8 Kaiser Permanente is an integrated health care system whose members have prepaid access to medical care and no formal barrier to specialist management. Kaiser Permanente uses a comprehensive patient survey to assess asthma outcomes and can also link these results to administrative medical utilization data.…”