All patient refined diagnosis related groups: A new administrative tool for identifying elderly patients at risk of high resource consumption [3]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 167-168

  Pilotto, Alberto ^a   Scarcelli, Carlo ^a   D'Ambrosio, Luigi Piero ^a   Cascavilla, Leandro ^a   Longo, Maria Grazia ^a   Greco, Antonio ^a   Miscio, Leonardo ^a   Siena, Francesco ^a  

^a CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; DRUG THERAPY; ELDERLY CARE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GOVERNMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES;

EID: 14544267246     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53031_3.x     Document Type: Letter

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