Predictor index of mortality in dementia patients upon entry into long-term care

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2001, Pages M567-M570

  Carlson, M C ^a   Brandt, J ^a   Steele, C ^a   Baker, A ^a   Stern, Y ^a   Lyketsos, C G ^a  

^a Center on Aging and Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DELUSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS;

EID: 0034877786     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/56.9.M567     Document Type: Article

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