Predictors of institutionalization in patients with dementia in Korea

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 101-106

  Kim, Jae Min ^a,b   Shin, Il Seon ^a   Jeong, Seong Joo ^b   Gormley, Niall ^b   Yoon, Jin Sang ^c  

^a Kwangju City Mental Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dementia; Institutionalization; Korea

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMENTIA; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; KOREA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; KOREA; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0036163956     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.494     Document Type: Article

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