Trends in Inpatient Treatment Intensity among Medicare Beneficiaries at the End of Life

Health Services Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 363-376

  Barnato, Amber E ^a   McClellan, Mark B ^b,c   Kagay, Christopher R ^d   Garber, Alan M ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; End of life; Health care expenditures; Intensive care; Medicare

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DYING; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIFE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; RACE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE; TRACHEOSTOMY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1542405861     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2004.00232.x     Document Type: Article

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