Are cognitive impairment and depressive mood associated with increased service utilisation in community-dwelling elderly people?

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-9

  Roelands, Marc ^a   Van Oyen, Herman ^b   Depoorter, AnneMarie ^c   Baro, Franz ^d   Van Oost, Paulette ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Care; Dementia; Depression; Disabilities; Service utilisation; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842538170     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2524.2003.00401.x     Document Type: Article

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