Reducing Asthma Exacerbations in Vulnerable Children Through a Medical–Legal Partnership

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Written By NCMLP

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The study examines whether a medical-legal partnership (MLP) could impact asthma exacerbation rates in a vulnerable urban population at an academic children’s hospital. In a pediatric population with asthma, an MLP intervention was associated with a significant reduction in asthma exacerbation encounters and hospitalizations comparing the year before and after MLP intervention. The findings were published in the Journal of Asthma.

 

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Authors

  • Anne S. Mainardi, MD

  • Drew Harris, MD

  • Alice Rosenthal, JD

  • Carrie A. Redlich, MD, MPH

  • Buqu Hu, MD

  • Ada M. Fenick, MD

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