Half of older Americans seen in emergency department in last month of life; most admitted to hospital, and many die there

Health Affairs

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1277-1285

  Smith, Alexander K ^a   McCarthy, Ellen ^b   Weber, Ellen ^a   Cenzer, Irena Stijacic ^a   Boscardin, John ^a   Fisher, Jonathan ^a   Covinsky, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862839089     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0922     Document Type: Article

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