Outcome and Cost of Trauma among the Elderly: A Real-Life Model of a Single-Payer Reimbursement System

BACKGROUNDAs our population ages, the number of elderly trauma patients (age >or=to 65 years) increases. Studies have demonstrated increased mortality and cost for a given injury severity in the elderly compared with younger patients. The financial viability of trauma centers in the United States...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care Infection, and Critical Care, 1998-10, Vol.45 (4), p.800-804
Hauptverfasser:	Young, Jeffrey S., Cephas, Gerald A., Blow, Osbert
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Age Factors Aged Biological and medical sciences Health Services for the Aged - economics Health Services for the Aged - statistics & numerical data Hospital Costs - statistics & numerical data Humans Injury Severity Score Length of Stay - statistics & numerical data Medical sciences Medicare - economics Middle Aged Miscellaneous Reimbursement Mechanisms Trauma Centers - economics Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents Treatment Outcome United States Virginia Wounds and Injuries - classification Wounds and Injuries - economics Wounds and Injuries - mortality Wounds and Injuries - therapy
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