Effects of home-based primary care on Medicare costs in high-risk elders

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1825-1831

  Eric De Jonge, K ^a   Jamshed, Namirah ^a   Gilden, Daniel ^b   Kubisiak, Joanna ^b   Bruce, Stephanie R ^a   Taler, George ^a  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JEN Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

frail elders; home based primary care; Medicare costs; survival

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOME BASED PRIMARY CARE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; VERY ELDERLY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84911994277     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12974     Document Type: Article

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