Are geriatricians more efficient than other physicians at managing inpatient care for elderly patients?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 869-876

  Sorbero, Melony E ^a   Saul, Melissa I ^b   Liu, Hangsheng ^a   Resnick, Neil M ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

efficiency; geriatric medicine; quality of care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITION; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GERONTOLOGIST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PROPENSITY SCORE; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84862086667     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.03934.x     Document Type: Article

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