The effect of age and procedure on resource use for patients with cerebrovascular disease

Journal of Health Services Research and Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 26-32

  Kuwabara, Kazuaki ^a,g   Matsuda, Shinya ^b   Imanaka, Yuichi ^c   Fushimi, Kiyohide ^d   Hashimoto, Hideki ^e   Ishikawa, Koichi ^f  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^g KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 41649100071     PISSN: 13558196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jhsrp.2007.007009     Document Type: Article

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