Utilization and costs of health care after geriatric traumatic brain injury

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1864-1871

  Thompson, Hilaire J ^a,b   Weir, Sharada ^c   Rivara, Frederick P ^b   Wang, Jin ^b   Sullivan, Sean D ^a   Salkever, David ^d   MacKenzie, Ellen J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

head injury; health services; informal care outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL BILLING; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; REHABILITATION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INJURIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84863807924     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2011.2284     Document Type: Article

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