Medicare Expenditures Associated With Hospital and Emergency Department Use Among Beneficiaries With Dementia

Understanding expenditure patterns for hospital and emergency department (ED) use among individuals with dementia is crucial to controlling Medicare spending. We analyzed Health and Retirement Study data and Medicare claims, stratified by beneficiaries’ residence and proximity to death, to estimate...

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Main Authors: Laura Coots Daras MS, MA, Zhanlian Feng PhD, Joshua M. Wiener PhD, Yevgeniya Kaganova PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-03-01
Series:Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/0046958017696757