Full Title:Closing the Quality Gap: A Critical Analysis of Quality Improvement Strategies: Volume 5Asthma Care

Prepared for:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

540 Gaither Road

Rockville, MD 20850

www.ahrq.gov

Contract No. 290-02-0017

Prepared by:

Stanford University-UCSF Evidence-based Practice Center, Stanford, CA

Series Editors

Kaveh G. Shojania, M.D., University of California, San Francisco

Kathryn M. McDonald, M.M., Stanford University

Robert M. Wachter, M.D., University of California, San Francisco

Douglas K. Owens, M.D., M.S., VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California; Stanford University

Investigators

Dena M. Bravata, M.D., M.S.

Vandana Sundaram, M.P.H.

Robyn Lewis, M.A.

Allison Gienger, B.A.

Michael K. Gould, M.D., M.S.

Kathryn M. McDonald, M.M.

Paul H. Wise, M.D., M.P.H.

Jon-Erik C. Holty, M.D., M.S.

Katherine Hertz, M.D.

Helen Paguntalan, M.S.

Christopher Sharp, M.D.

John Kim, M.D.

Ewen Wang, M.D.

Lisa Chamberlain, M.D., M.P.H.

Lisa Shieh, M.D., Ph.D.

Douglas K. Owens, M.D., M.S.

AHRQ Publication No. 04(07)-0051-5

January 2007

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Suggested Citation:

Bravata DM, Sundaram V, Lewis R, Gienger A, Gould MK, McDonald KM, Wise PH, Holty J-EC, Hertz K, Paguntalan H, Sharp C, Kim J, Wang E, Chamberlain L, Shieh L, Owens DK. Asthma Care. Vol 5 of: Shojania KG, McDonald KM, Wachter RM, Owens DK, editors. Closing the Quality Gap: A Critical Analysis of Quality Improvement Strategies. Technical Review 9 (Prepared by the Stanford University-UCSF Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-02-0017). AHRQ Publication No. 04(07)-0051-5. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. January 2007.

This report is based on research conducted by the Stanford-UCSF Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) under contract to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Rockville, MD (Contract No. 290-02-0017). The findings and conclusions in this document are those of the author(s), who are responsible for its contents, and do not necessarily represent the views of AHRQ. No statement in this report should be construed as an official position of AHRQ or of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The information in this report is intended to help clinicians, employers, policymakers, and others make informed decisions about the provision of health care services. This report is intended as a reference and not as a substitute for clinical judgment.

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