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PEDIATRICS Vol. 104 No. 2 Supplement August 1999, pp. 378

Diagnosis and Management
Compliance with National Asthma Management Guidelines andSpecialty Care: A Health Maintenance Organization Experience

Legorreta AP, Christian-Herman J, O'Connor RD, Hasan MM, Evans R, Leung KM Arch Intern Med. 1998; 158:457-464 [Medline]

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Purpose of the Study To improve asthma disease management, the National Asthma Education Program (NAEP) Expert Panel published Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma in 1991. To compare the current status of asthma disease management among patients in a large health maintenance organization (HMO) with the NAEP guidelines and to identify the factors that may be associated with medical care (eg, emergency department visits and hospital admissions) and adherence to the guidelines.

Study Population Analyses of 1996 survey data from 5580 members with asthma (age range, . . . [Full Text of this Article]