Qualitative analysis of medicare claims in the last 3 years of life: A pilot study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 66-73

  Barnato, Amber E ^a,f   Labor, Renee E ^b   Freeborne, Nancy E ^c   Jayes, Robert L ^c   Campbell, Diane E ^b,d   Lynn, Joanne ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Medical Outcomes Research and Evaluation Services   (United States)

^e Washington Home Ctr Palliative C   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrative claims; Cause of death; End of life; Healthcare policy; Medicare

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MEDICARE; PATIENT CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL FEE; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICS; TERMINAL CARE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 14544300198     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53012.x     Document Type: Article

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