Health care: Economic impact of caring for geriatric patients

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 11-21

  Rich, Preston B ^a   Adams, Sasha D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gross domestic product; Health care economics; Health care expenditure; Medicare; Third party payer

Indexed keywords

AGING; CARE AND CARING; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COMPETITION; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; COST; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEFENSIVE MEDICINE; DISABILITY; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICARE; MORALITY; MUSCLE MASS; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN; POLICY; POPULATION; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY CONTROL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RETIREMENT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SARCOPENIA; SMOKING; TAX; TERMINAL CARE; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; AGED; ECONOMICS; ELDERLY CARE; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICARE PART A; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84912138112     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: 15583171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2014.09.011     Document Type: Review

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