Hospital and ed use among medicare beneficiaries with dementia varies by setting and proximity to death

Health Affairs

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 683-690

  Feng, Zhanlian ^a   Coots, Laura A ^a   Kaganova, Yevgeniya ^a   Wiener, Joshua M ^a  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; PATIENT DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84898034662     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.1179     Document Type: Article

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