Predictive validity of the P(ra) instrument among older recipients of managed care

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 614-617

  Pacala, James T ^a   Boult, Chad ^a   Reed, Richard L ^a   Aliberti, Ellen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Value Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MANAGED CARE; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; AMBULANCE; AMBULATORY SURGERY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION; MEDICAL DEVICE; MEDICAL FEE; PRA SCREENING TEST; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN AREA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICARE; PATIENT READMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0030611186     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb03097.x     Document Type: Article

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