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| Title: |
Medicaid patient asthma-related acute care visits and their associations with ozone and particulates in Washington, DC, from 1994-2005 |
| Author: |
Babin, Steven Burkom, Howard Holtry, Rekha Tabernero, Nathaniel Davies-Cole, John Stokes, Lynette DeHaan, Kerda Lee, Deitra |
| Appeared in: |
International journal of environmental health research |
| Paging: | Volume 18 (2008) nr. 3 pages 209-221 |
| Year: |
2008-06 |
| Contents: |
The primary objective of this ecologic and contextual study is to determine statistically significant short-term associations between air quality (daily ozone and particulate concentrations) and Medicaid patient general acute care daily visits for asthma exacerbations over 11 years for Washington, DC residents, and to identify regions and populations that may experience increased asthma exacerbations related to air quality. After removing long-term trends and day-of-week effects in the Medicaid data, Poisson regression was applied to daily time series data. Significant associations were found between asthma-related general acute care visits and ozone concentrations. Significant associations with both ozone and PM2.5 concentrations were observed for 5- to 12-year-olds. While poor air quality was closely associated with asthma exacerbations observed in acute care visits in areas where Medicaid enrollment was high, the strongest associations between asthma-related visits and air quality were not always for the areas with the highest Medicaid enrollment. |
| Publisher: |
Taylor & Francis |
| Source file: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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