title: Acute care costs of the oldest old.
abstract: Caring for elderly patients in the hospital costs less as they age. Among the reasons: Their ailments are less expensive to treat, they receive less aggressive care, and they are treated in less expensive hospitals.
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.
authors.forename: T T
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Perls
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease / Q000191:economics*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D005544:Forecasting; D015276:Health Care Rationing; D017721:Hospital Costs; D006801:Humans; D010351:Patient Discharge; D014481:United States