Medicare cost differences between nursing home patients admitted with and without dementia

Gerontologist

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 505-515

  Stuart, Bruce ^a   Gruber Baldini, Ann L ^b   Fahlman, Cheryl ^c   Quinn, Charlene C ^b   Burton, Lynda ^d   Zuckerman, Illene H ^a   Hebel, J Rich ^b   Zimmerman, Sheryl ^e   Singhal, Puneet K ^a   Magaziner, Jay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Health Research and Educational Trust   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Health expenditures; Medicare; Medicare qualified stay; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICARE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME; RACE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 23044470303     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/45.4.505     Document Type: Article

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