Prescription analgesic and antidepressant utilization and cost among elderly medicaid beneficiaries before and after nursing home admission

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 75-81

  Chu, Lily ^a,c   Schnelle, John F ^a,b   Osterweil, Dan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Los Angeles Jewish Home for the Aging   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesic; Antidepressant; Cost; Medicaid; Nursing home; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC ANALGESIC AGENT; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE AGONIST; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; PARACETAMOL;

AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHRONIC PAIN; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DRUG CLASSIFICATION; DRUG COST; DRUG UTILIZATION; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; MEDICAL FEE; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 1642272238     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-8610(04)70059-6     Document Type: Article

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