Prevalence and Payments for Traumatic Injury Compared With Common Acute Diseases by Episode of Care in Medicare Beneficiaries, 2008-2014.

Montgomery, John R; Cain-Nielsen, Anne H; Jenkins, Peter C; Regenbogen, Scott E; Hemmila, Mark R · JAMA · 2019

retrospective_cohort · Level III

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Abstract

This study uses Medicare Parts A and B claims data to compare hospitalizations for and spending on traumatic injury vs heart failure, pneumonia, stroke, and acute myocardial infarction in older adults between 2008 and 2014.

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