Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 5, Issue 2 , Pages 83-89 , March 2005

Underuse of Controller Medications Among Children With Persistent Asthma in the Ohio Medicaid Population: Evolving Differences With New Medications

  • Stephen E. Wilson, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Stephen E. Wilson, IHPHSR, PO Box 670840, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0840
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  • Anthony Leonard, PhD

      Affiliations

    • From the Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (Drs Wilson and Eckman), College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio; The Institute for Health Policy and Health Services Research (Drs Wilson, Leonard, Moomaw, and Eckman), University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio; and the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics (Dr Schneeweiss), Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Mass
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  • Charles Moomaw, PhD

      Affiliations

    • From the Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (Drs Wilson and Eckman), College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio; The Institute for Health Policy and Health Services Research (Drs Wilson, Leonard, Moomaw, and Eckman), University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio; and the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics (Dr Schneeweiss), Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Mass
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  • Sebastian Schneeweiss, MD, ScD

      Affiliations

    • From the Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (Drs Wilson and Eckman), College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio; The Institute for Health Policy and Health Services Research (Drs Wilson, Leonard, Moomaw, and Eckman), University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio; and the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics (Dr Schneeweiss), Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Mass
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  • Mark H. Eckman, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • From the Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (Drs Wilson and Eckman), College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio; The Institute for Health Policy and Health Services Research (Drs Wilson, Leonard, Moomaw, and Eckman), University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio; and the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics (Dr Schneeweiss), Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Mass

Received 31 August 2004 ,Accepted 5 November 2004.

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PII: S1530-1567(05)60186-4

doi: 10.1367/A04-154R.1

Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 5, Issue 2 , Pages 83-89 , March 2005

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