Medicare expenditures on unsuccessful out-of-hospital resuscitations

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 801-805

  Suchard, Jeffrey R ^a   Fenton, Fred R ^a   Powers, Robert D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; REIMBURSEMENT; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; AMBULANCES; CONNECTICUT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INSURANCE, PHYSICIAN SERVICES; MEDICARE; PHYSICIANS; RESUSCITATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033200049     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(99)00086-4     Document Type: Article

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