Frequency and duration of hospitalization of patients with AD based on Medicare data: CERAD XX.
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Fillenbaum, G; Heyman, A; Peterson, B; Pieper, C; Weiman, AL
Published in: Neurology
February 8, 2000
Medicare records on 477 Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease patients with AD for 1991 through 1995 showed a hospitalization rate of 0.37/person-year with a length of stay of 3.7 days/ person-year (average of 10 days/hospitalization). Unmarried and less-educated patients with AD were admitted to the hospital more frequently, and, along with black patients, had a longer length of stay. Frequency and duration of hospitalization were greater in the patients with AD than in Medicare beneficiaries in general, but the rate of diagnostic/therapeutic procedures was lower.
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Neurology
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ISSN
0028-3878
Publication Date
February 8, 2000
Volume
54
Issue
3
Start / End Page
740 / 743
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- United States
- Time Factors
- Neurology & Neurosurgery
- Medicare
- Humans
- Hospitalization
- Alzheimer Disease
- 3209 Neurosciences
- 3202 Clinical sciences
- 1702 Cognitive Sciences
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Fillenbaum, G., Heyman, A., Peterson, B., Pieper, C., & Weiman, A. L. (2000). Frequency and duration of hospitalization of patients with AD based on Medicare data: CERAD XX. Neurology, 54(3), 740–743. https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.54.3.740
Fillenbaum, G., A. Heyman, B. Peterson, C. Pieper, and A. L. Weiman. “Frequency and duration of hospitalization of patients with AD based on Medicare data: CERAD XX.” Neurology 54, no. 3 (February 8, 2000): 740–43. https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.54.3.740.
Fillenbaum G, Heyman A, Peterson B, Pieper C, Weiman AL. Frequency and duration of hospitalization of patients with AD based on Medicare data: CERAD XX. Neurology. 2000 Feb 8;54(3):740–3.
Fillenbaum, G., et al. “Frequency and duration of hospitalization of patients with AD based on Medicare data: CERAD XX.” Neurology, vol. 54, no. 3, Feb. 2000, pp. 740–43. Pubmed, doi:10.1212/wnl.54.3.740.
Fillenbaum G, Heyman A, Peterson B, Pieper C, Weiman AL. Frequency and duration of hospitalization of patients with AD based on Medicare data: CERAD XX. Neurology. 2000 Feb 8;54(3):740–743.
Published In
Neurology
DOI
ISSN
0028-3878
Publication Date
February 8, 2000
Volume
54
Issue
3
Start / End Page
740 / 743
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- United States
- Time Factors
- Neurology & Neurosurgery
- Medicare
- Humans
- Hospitalization
- Alzheimer Disease
- 3209 Neurosciences
- 3202 Clinical sciences
- 1702 Cognitive Sciences