Do elderly patients overutilize healthcare resources and benefit less from them than younger patients? A study of patients who underwent craniotomy for treatment of neoplasm.

Layon Aj; George Be; Hamby B; Gallagher Tj; Abraham Joseph Layon

doi:10.1097/00003246-199505000-00009

Do elderly patients overutilize healthcare resources and benefit less from them than younger patients? A study of patients who underwent craniotomy for treatment of neoplasm.

Layon Aj
, George Be
, Hamby B
, Gallagher Tj
, Abraham Joseph Layon

HCA Healthcare

University of Florida

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Original language	American English
Journal	Critical Care Medicine
Volume	23
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/00003246-199505000-00009
State	Published - May 1 1995

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Medicine and Health Sciences
Geriatrics
Critical Care

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