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Progress in Pediatric Asthma Surveillance I: The Application of Health Care Use Data in Alameda County, California Eric M. Roberts, MD, PhD, Paul B. English, PhD, MPH, Stephen K. Van den Eeden, G. Thomas Ray Suggested citation for this article: Roberts EM, English PB, Van den Eeden SK, Ray GT. Progress in pediatric asthma surveillance I: the application of health care use data in Alameda County, California. Prev Chronic Dis [serial online] 2006 Jul [date cited]. Available from: URL: http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2006/jul/05_0186.htm.
rates due to asthma were poorly correlated with hospitalization rates (r = 0.2120, P = .20) but highly correlated with emergency department visits (r = 0.8607, P
