Use of post-hospital care by Medicare patients

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 242-250

  Kane, Robert L ^a   Finch, Michael ^a   Blewett, Lynn ^b   Chen, Qing ^a   Burns, Risa ^c   Moskowitz, Mark ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PREDICTION;

EID: 0030001799     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb00909.x     Document Type: Article

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