- Title
- Leading inpatient surgical procedures for aged Medicare beneficiaries, 1987.
- First Author
- Latta, Viola B
- Date of Pub
- 1989 Winter
- Pages
- 99-110
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 2
- Other Authors
- Keene, Roger E
- Abstract
- Medicare program data on utilization and charges for short-stay hospital inpatient services are presented. The focus of this article is on trends in total and surgical discharges for selected years (1977-87) and highlights of regional variations in the most frequently reported (leading) surgical procedures performed on aged Medicare hospital insurance beneficiaries during 1987.
- Abstract Continued
- N/A
- MeSH
- Aged : Fees and Charges : Health Expenditures/statistics & numerical data : Human : Length of Stay/statistics & numerical data : Medicare/statistics & numerical data : Patient Discharge/statistics & numerical data : Surgical Procedures, Operative/utilization : United States/epidemiology
- NTIS Number
- PB90-204629
