Seriously ill hospitalized adults: Do we spend less on older patients?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1043-1048

  Hamel, Mary Beth ^a   Phillips, Russell S ^a   Teno, Joan M ^b   Lynn, Joanne ^b   Galanos, Anthony N ^c   Davis, Roger B ^a   Connors Jr , Alfred F ^d   Oye, Robert K ^e   Desbiens, Norman ^f   Reding, Douglas J ^f   Goldman, Lee ^g  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

EID: 9544255674     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb02935.x     Document Type: Article

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