A comparison of Medicare fee-for-service and a group-model HMO in the inpatient management and long-term survival of elderly individuals with syncope

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1089-1098

  Getchell, William S ^a,b   Larsen, Greg C ^a,b   Morris, Cynthia D ^a   McAnulty, John H ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL TIME; SYNCOPE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MEDICARE; OREGON; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033792156     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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