Service utilization and health-care costs in the advanced elderly.

  • Sven Heinrich
  • Melanie Luppa
  • Herbert Matschinger
  • Matthias C Angermeyer
  • Steffi G Riedel-Heller
  • Hans-Helmut König

Abstract

Despite their increasing importance, the advanced elderly are often neglected in service utilization and costing studies. The purpose of this study was to analyze from societal perspective service utilization and direct health-care costs and its predictors in the advanced elderly population.

Bibliographical data

Original languageGerman
Article number4
ISSN1098-3015
Publication statusPublished - 2008
pubmed 18179660