The effect of sentinel injury on medicare expenditures over time

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 406-416

  Carter, Mary W ^a   Porell, Frank W ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Injury; Medicare costs; Older adults; Sentinel injury

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SENTINEL INJURY;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79952562322     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03283.x     Document Type: Article

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