Diagnosis related groups and hospital costs in elderly dependent patients [8]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 174-175

  Rozzini, Renzo ^a   Sabatini, Tony ^a   Trabucchi, Marco ^a,b  

^a Medical Unit for the Acute Care of the Elderly   (Italy)

^b GERIATRIC RESEARCH GROUP   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARTHEL INDEX; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; AGED; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ECONOMICS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; MALE; NOTE; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 14544271087     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53031_8.x     Document Type: Letter

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