Medication utilization in an urban homebound population

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 411-415

  Kronish, Ian M ^a,b   Federman, Alex D ^a   Morrison, R Sean ^a   Boal, Jeremy ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Box 1087 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMEBOUND PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33645989770     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/61.4.411     Document Type: Article

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