Using Medicare Data to Identify Serious Illness in Older Surgical Patients

J Pain Symptom Manage. 2020 Aug;60(2):e101-e103. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.04.002. Epub 2020 Apr 15.

Authors

Masami T Kelly, Daniel Sturgeon¹, Alyssa F Harlow¹, Molly Jarman¹, Joel S Weissman¹, Zara Cooper²

Affiliations

¹ Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospita, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
² Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospita, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Electronic address: zcooper@bwh.harvard.edu.

PMID: 32304711
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.04.002

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Hospitalization*
Humans
Medicare*
United States