Growth in medicare expenditures for patients with acute myocardial infarction: A comparison of 1998 through 1999 and 2008

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 2055-2061

  Likosky, Donald S ^a   Zhou, Weiping ^b   Malenka, David J ^b,c   Borden, William B ^d   Nallamothu, Brahmajee K ^a   Skinner, Jonathan S ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e University of Michigan Medical School ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOME HEALTH AGENCY; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NURSING HOME; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT;

EID: 84890624702     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.10789     Document Type: Article

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