Open AccessFactors Associated with Asthma ED Visit Rates among Medicaid-enrolled Children: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach
Author(s) -
Luceta McRoy,
George Rust,
Jungu Xu
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
aims medical science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2375-1576
pISSN - 2375-155X
DOI - 10.3934/medsci.2017.1.71
Subject(s) - emergency department , structural equation modeling , confirmatory factor analysis , medicaid , asthma , socioeconomic status , medicine , goodness of fit , absenteeism , demography , conceptual model , multivariate analysis , health care , gerontology , psychology , environmental health , statistics , psychiatry , social psychology , population , mathematics , sociology , computer science , database , economics , economic growth
Asthma is one of the leading causes of emergency department visits and school absenteeism among school-aged children in the United States, but there is significant local-area variation in emergency department visit rates, as well as significant differences across racial-ethnic groups.