Investigation of Factors Affecting Cost of Geriatric Patients Admitted to the Emergency Department

Kapci M., TOMRUK Ö., BECEREN N. G., Parlak I., Yolcu S., Yalcin I. G., ...Daha Fazla

EURASIAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE, cilt.12, sa.3, ss.134-138, 2013 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 12 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2013
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5152/jaem.2013.043
  • Dergi Adı: EURASIAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.134-138
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Emergency medical services, aged, hospital costs
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Objective: Increased health cost, which is one of the major problems of countries, makes cost analysis studies become important in specific age groups and clinics. Although the aged population has an enormous role in increasing health costs, there are not much data about follow-up and treatment costs of geriatric patients in the Emergency Departments. We believe that the data obtained from this study would help to improve some arrangements about the geriatric population in ED's including cost and efficiency.