Cost of health care for a community of older adults in an urban academic healthcare system

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1371-1377

  Callahan, Christopher M ^a,b,d   Stump, Timothy E ^a,b   Stroupe, Kevin T ^e   Tierney, William M ^a,c,d  

^a REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR AGING RESEARCH   (United States)

^c RICHARD L ROUDEBUSH VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0031728788     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1998.tb06003.x     Document Type: Article

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