Managing costly medicare patients in the hospital

Geriatric Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 294-297

  Tucker, Dee ^a   DiRico, Laura ^a  

^a PIEDMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICARE; NURSE ATTITUDE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; REIMBURSEMENT; SOCIAL WORKER;

EID: 0242521339     PISSN: 01974572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4572(03)00245-3     Document Type: Article

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