Caregivers' utilization of health services: Results from the medicare Alzheimer's disease demonstration, Illinois site

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1600-1605

  Shelton, Paul ^a   Schraeder, Cheryl ^a,b   Dworak, Donna ^a   Fraser, Cynthia ^a   Sager, Mark A ^c  

^a Outcomes/Performance and Improvement   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Caregiving; Dementia; Health service utilization; Medicare expenditures

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; CASE MANAGEMENT; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICARE PART A; ODDS RATIO; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035662074     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.t01-1-49267.x     Document Type: Article

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