Reporting dementia on the death certificates of nursing home residents dying with end-stage dementia

JAMA

Volumn 300, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 2608-2610

  Wachterman, Melissa ^a   Kiely, Dan K ^b   Mitchell, Susan L ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Hebrew SeniorLife Institute for Aging Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57449113401     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2008.768     Document Type: Letter

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