The effects of dementia in german acute care hospitals

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 314-319

  Dinkel, Reiner H ^a   Lebok, Uwe H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Dementia; Demographic aging; Hospital mortality; Length of hospital stay

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030769566     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: 14219824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000106649     Document Type: Article

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