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Frequency of health service use in the year prior to asthma death

Teresa ToChild Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada, ;Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Canada, ;Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, ;Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Correspondence[email protected]
, PhD,
Jingqin ZhuChild Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada, ;Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Canada,
, MSc,
Devon P WilliamsChild Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada,
, MSc,
Laura FeldmanChild Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada, ;Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada,
, BSc,
Jacqueline SimatovicChild Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada,
, MA,
Andrea GershonChild Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada, ;Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Canada, ;Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, ;Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada,
, MD, MSc, FRCPC,
M. Diane LougheedICES – Queen's, Kingston, Canada, ;Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada, and
, MD, MSc, FRCPC,
Christopher LicskaiSchulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, Canada
, MD, FRCPC &
Sharon DellChild Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada, ;Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada,
, MD, FRCPC show all
Pages 505-509 | Received 19 Feb 2015, Accepted 16 Jun 2015, Published online: 06 May 2016

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