Health care utilization by older patients with coexisting dementia and depression

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 550-556

  Kales, Helen C ^a   Blow, Frederic C ^b   Copeland, Laurel A ^b   Bingham, Raymond C ^b   Kammerer, Ericka E ^b   Mellow, Alan M ^b  

^a VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT READMISSION;

EID: 0032959838     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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