Health Care Utilization and Costs in a Medicare Population by Fall Status

Medical Care

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1174-1188

  Rizzo, John A ^a   Friedkin, Rebecca ^a   Williams, Christianna S ^a   Nabors, Janett ^a   Acampora, Denise ^a   Tinetti, Mary E ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Falls; Health care costs; Medicare

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGISTER; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGISTRIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES;

EID: 0032134243     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199808000-00006     Document Type: Article

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