Local population differences and the needs of people with cognitive impairment

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 883-887

  Melzer, David ^a   Ely, Margaret ^a   Brayne, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dementia; Disabled; Elderly; Mental disorders; Services

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LONG TERM CARE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DELIRIUM, DEMENTIA, AMNESTIC, COGNITIVE DISORDERS; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); DISABLED PERSONS; ENGLAND; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WALES;

EID: 0030886732     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199709)12:9<883::AID-GPS655>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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