Investigating the long-term consequences of adverse medical events among older adults

Injury Prevention

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 408-415

  Carter, Mary W ^a   Zhu, Motao ^b   Xiang, Jun ^c   Porell, Frank W ^d  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; AGED; COST; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICARE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST OF ILLNESS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICARE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84911807702     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2013-041043     Document Type: Article

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