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Study shows different views on ashthma treatment
Respiratory Care Weekly, August 9, 2006
Brigham and Women's Hospital of Boston studied 6,500 inner-city children and found that Puerto Rican youngsters with asthma make more hospital outpatient visits than black children with similar disease severity. Fewer outpatient visits mean black children spend more time in the hospital for asthma treatment than Puerto Ricans, reported the August Chest. Researchers hypothesize that this is due to cultural differences in how medical care is perceived, but that further research is needed to learn what cultural differences are creating these outcomes.
"The Puerto Rican children had greater asthma severity, so it was interesting that the African-American children ended up spending more days in the hospital," said Roben Cohen, MD, lead researcher.
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