Table 2 Differences in the Ecology of Medical care Associated with Self-Reported Asthma.
From: Using the ecology model to describe the impact of asthma on patterns of health care
|  | Children and teens (6–17) | Young adults (18 – 45) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Service site | Self-reported Asthma % | No priority conditions % | Ratio | Self-reported Asthma % | No priority conditions % | Ratio |
Office | 80.8 | 61.0 | 1.3 | 84.4 | 54.4 | 1.6 |
Out Pt | 7.8 | 4.6 | 1.7 | 16.1 | 6.9 | 2.3 |
ED | 18.5 | 8.2 | 2.2 | 27.2 | 9.4 | 2.9 |
Hospital | 4.7 | 1.3 | 3.6 | 13.5 | 4.7 | 2.9 |
Hospital <24 hrs | 0.6 | 0.2 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 2.5 |
Any prescription filled | 87.3 | 41.2 | 2.1 | 90.5 | 46.9 | 1.9 |