Identification of risk for high hospital use: Cost comparisons of four strategies and performance across subgroups

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 615-620

  Reuben, David B ^a,e   Keeler, Emmett ^b   Seeman, Teresa E ^a   Sewall, Ase ^c   Hirsch, Susan H ^a   Guralnik, Jack M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Sewall Incorporated   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthcare costs; Hospital use; Risk identification; Screening

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICARE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SELF REPORT;

AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MEDICARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038746818     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0579.2003.00204.x     Document Type: Article

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