Improving childhood asthma outcomes in the United States : : a blueprint for policy action / / Marielena Lara [et. al.].
An estimated five million US children have asthma. This report argues that many asthma attacks could be avoided - and much suffering prevented and many medical costs saved - if more children received good-quality, ongoing asthma care.
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| Place / Publishing House: | Santa Monica, Calif. : : RAND,, 2001. |
| Year of Publication: | 2001 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | RAND health
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (125 pages) |
| Notes: | "MR-1330." |
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Table of Contents:
- PREFACE; NATIONAL EXPERT COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND RAND HEALTH STAFF; LIST OF EXTERNAL REVIEWERS; Executive Summary IMPROVING CHILDHOOD ASTHMA OUTCOMES IN THE UNITED STATES: A BLUEPRINT FOR POLICY ACTION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; Chapter One INTRODUCTION; Chapter Two POLICY CONTEXT; THE CHILDHOOD ASTHMA EPIDEMIC; THE COSTS OF ASTHMA; A PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM WITH MULTIPLE CAUSES, REQUIRING A VARIETY OF RESPONSES; CURRENT ASTHMA EFFORTS NEED INCREASED COORDINATION AND FUNDING; Chapter Three OVERVIEW OF METHODS; Chapter Four POLICY FRAMEWORK
- PROMOTION OF ASTHMA-FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES NATIONWIDE COMPREHENSIVE POLICY GOALS AND APPROACHES; POLICY GOALS EMERGING FROM THE EXPERT PANEL PROCESS; Chapter Five POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS; IMPROVING HEALTH CARE DELIVERY AND FINANCING; STRENGTHENING THE PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE; Chapter Six CONCLUSION; NEXT STEPS; IMPLICATIONS OF THE CHILDREN'S HEALTH ACT OF 2000; Appendix FEDERAL LEGISLATION RELEVANT TO CHILDHOOD ASTHMA; REFERENCES