Age and laboratory costs for hospitalized medical patients

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 169-177

  Brimhall, Bradley B ^a,c   Dean, Troy ^a   Hunt, Edgar L ^a   Siegrist, Richard B ^b   Reiquam, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COST; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; STROKE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTLIERS, DRG; PATIENT DISCHARGE;

EID: 0037326773     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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