Medicare claims indicators of healthcare utilization differences after hospitalization for ischemic stroke: Race, gender, and caregiving effects

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 928-934

  Roth, David L ^a   Sheehan, Orla C ^a   Huang, Jin ^a   Rhodes, James D ^b   Judd, Suzanne E ^b   Kilgore, Meredith ^b   Kissela, Brett ^c   Bettger, Janet Prvu ^d   Haley, William E ^e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

caregiving; epidemiology; healthcare utilization; Medicare; population based; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAREGIVER; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES; ANCESTRY GROUP; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FOLLOW UP; PATIENT ATTITUDE; STROKE;

AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAREGIVERS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84990833543     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1747493016660095     Document Type: Article

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