Why is less money spent on health care for the elderly than for the rest of the population? Health care rationing in German hospitals

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 593-608

  Brockmann, Hilke ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elderly; Germany; Health care expenditures; Health care rationing

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH SERVICES;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENDER; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSALITY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

GERMANY;

EID: 0036291547     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(01)00190-3     Document Type: Article

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