Patient-centered care and its effect on outcomes in the treatment of asthma

Nashmia Qamar1,* Andrea A Pappalardo2,* vineet M Arora3 valerie G Press4 1Pediatric Residency Program, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, iL, USA; 2internal Medicine-Pediatric Residency Program, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, iL, USA; 3Section of General internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, iL, USA; 4Section of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, iL, USA

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