A population-based retrospective cohort study comparing care for Western Australians with and without Alzheimer's disease in the last year of life

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-44

  Rosenwax, Lorna ^a,b   McNamara, Beverley ^c   Zilkens, Renate ^b  

^a School of Occupational Therapy   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Community services; Data linkage; Health service use; Last year of life; Population based

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; COMORBIDITY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; TERMINAL CARE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMORBIDITY; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPICES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TERMINAL CARE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 57849167546     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2008.00795.x     Document Type: Article

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