TABLE 1.—
Baseline sociodemographic and health characteristics for children with complete follow-up data (N = 180).
| Sociodemographic characteristic |
Children with complete pharmacy and questionnaire data at follow-up N = 180* Number (%) |
|---|---|
| Race | |
| African-American | 160 (88.9) |
| White | 18 (10.0) |
| other | 2 (1.1) |
| Gender | |
| Male | 115 (63.9) |
| Child age (mean, SD) | |
| Range 2–9 years | 4.5 (2.1) |
| Parent/guardian educational level | |
| Some HS | 42 (23.3) |
| HS graduate or GED | 65 (36.1) |
| Some college/trade school | 58 (32.2) |
| 4-year college or college grad | 15 (8.3) |
| Household income | |
| < $20,000 | 84 (46.7) |
| ≥$20,000 | 70 (38.9) |
| Missing | 26 (14.4) |
| Type of medical insurance for child | |
| Medical Assistance | 147 (82.1) |
| Private | 31 (17.3) |
| Self-pay | 1 (0.6) |
| Problems paying for asthma | |
| Medications in last 6 months | |
| Yes | 20 (11.1) |
| Asthma morbidity and health care | |
| utilization characteristics | |
| Severity level | |
| Mild intermittent | 8 (4.4) |
| Mild persistent | 114 (63.3) |
| Moderate persistent | 33 (18.3) |
| Severe persistent | 25 (13.9) |
| Number of ED visits last 6 months | |
| Mean (SD) | 1.83 (2.55) |
| (Range 0–20 visits) | |
| Number hospital admissions for | |
| asthma last 6 months | |
| Mean (SD) | 0.36 (0.67) |
| Limitation of activity due to asthma | |
| Yes | 116 (64) |
| Receives specialty care | 90(50.0) |
| Yes | |
| Asthma Action Plan in the home | |
| Yes | 74 (41.1) |
*
No significant differences between groups for all variables.