Elderly medicare inpatients with substance use disorders: Characteristics and predictors of hospital readmissions over a four-year interval

Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 891-895

  Brennan, P L ^a   Kagay, C R ^a   Geppert, J J ^a   Moos, R H ^a  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICARE; MENTAL DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0033638446     PISSN: 0096882X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsa.2000.61.891     Document Type: Article

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