Profiles of Older Medicare Decedents
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- 1 June 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- Vol. 50 (6) , 1108-1112
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50268.x
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the usefulness of a clinical scheme to classify older decedents to better understand the issues associated with healthcare use and costs in the last year of life. DESIGN: We a...Keywords
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