Effectiveness of long-term acute care hospitalization in elderly patients with chronic critical illness

Medical Care

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 4-10

  Kahn, Jeremy M ^a,b   Werner, Rachel M ^c,d,e   David, Guy ^e   Ten Have, Thomas R ^c,e   Benson, Nicole M ^c   Asch, David A ^c,d,e  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

costs; intensive care; Mechanical ventilation; Medicare; patient readmission

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT TRANSFER; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871567971     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31826528a7     Document Type: Article

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