The cost-effectiveness of the decision to hospitalize nursing home residents with advanced dementia

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 640-651

  Goldfeld, Keith S ^a   Hamel, Mary Beth ^b   Mitchell, Susan L ^b,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Hebrew SeniorLife Institute for Aging Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced dementia; cost effectiveness analysis; health care expenditures; nursing home residents; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE DAY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADVANCED DEMENTIA; COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURES; NURSING HOME RESIDENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BOSTON; COMORBIDITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT TRANSFER; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84886946558     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2012.11.007     Document Type: Article

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