Variation in Inpatient Consultation Among Older Adults in the United States

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 992-999

  Stevens, Jennifer P ^a   Nyweide, David ^b   Maresh, Sha ^b   Zaslavsky, Alan ^c   Shrank, William ^d   MD, Michael D Howell ^e   Landon, Bruce E ^a,c  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

consultation; hospital care; medicare; variation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROCEDURES; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MEDICARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84931562317     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-015-3216-7     Document Type: Article

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