Blood use by inpatient elderly population in the United States

Transfusion

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 582-592

  Anderson, Steven A ^a   Menis, Mikhail ^a   O'Connell, Kathryn ^a   Burwen, Dale R ^a  

^a CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BILLING; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; SURGICAL PATIENT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES;

EID: 33947381281     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2007.01159.x     Document Type: Article

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