Patient and caregiver characteristics and nursing home placement in patients with dementia

JAMA

Volumn 287, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 2090-2097

  Yaffe, Kristine ^a,c   Fox, Patrick ^b   Newcomer, Robert ^b   Sands, Laura ^a   Lindquist, Karla ^a   Dane, Kyle ^a   Covinsky, Kenneth E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; NURSING HOME; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0037165667     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.287.16.2090     Document Type: Article

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