Sex differences in the risk of hospitalization among patients presenting to US emergency departments with asthma exacerbation, 2010-2012

J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2016 Jan-Feb;4(1):149-51.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2015.11.023.

Authors

Tadahiro Goto¹, Yusuke Tsugawa², Carlos A Camargo Jr³, Kohei Hasegawa³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass. Electronic address: tag695@mail.harvard.edu.
² Harvard Interfaculty Initiative in Health Policy, Harvard University, Boston, Mass.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.

PMID: 26772929
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2015.11.023

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Asthma / epidemiology*
Disease Progression
Emergency Medical Services
Hospitalization / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Risk
Sex Factors*
United States