Hospital charges attributable to a primary diagnosis of infectious diseases in older adults in the United States, 1998 to 2004

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 969-975

  Curns, Aaron T ^a,b,d   Steiner, Claudia A ^c   Sejvar, James J ^a   Schonberger, Lawrence B ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^c AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospitalizations; Infectious disease; Lower respiratory tract infection; Older adults

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART DISEASE; HEPATOBILIARY DISEASE; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; KIDNEY INFECTION; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MYCOSIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; SEPTICEMIA; UNITED STATES; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH PLANNING; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44649151763     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01712.x     Document Type: Article

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