Trends in post-acute care use among medicare beneficiaries: 2000 to 2015

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 319, Issue 15, 2018, Pages 1616-1617

  Werner, Rachel M ^a   Konetzka, R Tamara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMORBIDITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LETTER; MEDICARE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TREND STUDY; AGED; FEMALE; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUBACUTE CARE; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUBACUTE CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85046097103     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2018.2408     Document Type: Letter

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