Comparisons of medical utilizations and categorical diagnoses of emergency visits between the elderly with catastrophic illness certificates and those without

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Nan Ping, Yang ^a,b,c   Yi Hui, Lee ^c,d   Chi Yu, Chung ^e   Jin Chyr, Hsu ^b   I Liang, Yu ^b   Nien Tzu, Chang ^c   Chien Lung, Chan ^e  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAO YUAN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Catastrophic illness; Elderly; Utilization

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS; TAIWAN; TERMINAL DISEASE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; TAIWAN;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876671625     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-152     Document Type: Article

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