All Patient Refined DRG: A new tool to evaluate costs in the elderly acute inpatients;All Patient Refined (APR) DRG in Geriatria: Un nuovo sistema per valutare i costi dell'anziano ospedalizzato

Giornale di Gerontologia

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 262-266

  Pilotto, Alberto ^a   Greco, A ^b   Franceschi, M ^a   Siena, F ^c   Scarcelli, C ^a   Miscio, L ^c   Vendemiale, G ^b   D'Ambrosio, P ^a  

^a CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UO Medicina Generale   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

APR DRG; Costs; Frail elderly; Multidimensional evaluation

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PATIENT CODING; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 25444468891     PISSN: 00170305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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