The care span population aging and emergency departments: Visits will not increase, lengths-of-stay and hospitalizations will

Health Affairs

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1306-1312

  Pallin, Daniel J ^a   Allen, Matthew B ^b   Espinola, Janice A ^c   Camargo, Carlos A ^c   Stephen Bohan, J ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; POPULATION GROWTH; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; AGED; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW; BUSINESS OF HEALTH; HOSPITAL; STATISTICS;

AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BUSINESS OF HEALTH; ELDERLY; HOSPITALS;

EID: 84880606111     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2012.0951     Document Type: Article

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