Survival to late dementia in Dutch nursing home patients

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 184-187

  Koopmans, Raymond T C M ^a   Ekkerink, John L P ^a   Van Weel, Chris ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dementia; Nursing home; Prognosis; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; DEATH; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOME; OBSERVATION; PHYSICIAN; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURVIVAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOMES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0037322371     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2003.51056.x     Document Type: Article

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