Identifying Older Adults with Serious Illness: A Critical Step toward Improving the Value of Health Care

Health Services Research

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 113-131

  Kelley, Amy S ^a,b   Covinsky, Kenneth E ^c   Gorges, Rebecca J ^d   McKendrick, Karen ^a   Bollens Lund, Evan ^a   Morrison, R Sean ^a,b   Ritchie, Christine S ^c  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

geriatrics; Medicare; palliative medicine; population health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; STUDY DESIGN; AGED; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; NURSING HOMES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84961282313     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12479     Document Type: Article

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