The burden of health care costs for patients with dementia in the last 5 years of life

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 729-736

  Kelley, Amy S ^a   McGarry, Kathleen ^b   Gorges, Rebecca ^a   Skinner, Jonathan S ^c  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART DISEASE; HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERMINAL CARE; TIME OF DEATH; WIDOWED PERSON; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84947466048     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M15-0381     Document Type: Article

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