The Community Assessment Risk Screen (CARS): Identifying elderly persons at risk for hospitalization or emergency department visit

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 925-933

  Shelton, P ^a   Sager, M A ^a   Schraeder, C ^a  

^a Coordinated Care Services ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICARE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0033847367     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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