Major medical conditions and VA healthcare costs near end of life for veterans with spinal cord injuries and disorders

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 831-840

  Yu, Wei ^a,e,g   Smith, Bridget ^b,c   Kim, Shirley ^a,f   Chow, Adam ^a   Weaver, Frances M ^b,d  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^f Reden and Anders Ltd   (United States)

^g SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cause of death; Costs; Economics; End of life; Pneumonia; Spinal cord diseases; Spinal cord injury; Veterans; Veterans hospital

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CAUSE OF DEATH; END OF LIFE; PNEUMONIA; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VETERANS; VETERANS HOSPITAL;

DOSIMETRY; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT REHABILITATION;

COSTS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEOPLASM; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STROKE; VETERAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 63249113881     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 07487711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2006.08.0102     Document Type: Article

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