Medicare hospital charges in the last year of life: Distribution by quarter for rural and urban nursing home decedents with cognitive impairment

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 154-160

  Gessert, Charles E ^a   Haller, Irina V ^a  

^a SMDC Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MEDICARE; NURSING HOMES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 41849131436     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2008.00152.x     Document Type: Article

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