Physician outpatient contacts and hospitalizations among cognitively impaired elderly

Alzheimer's and Dementia

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-42

  Caspi, Eilon ^a   Silverstein, Nina M ^a   Porell, Frank ^a   Kwan, Ngai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia; Cognitive function; Dementia; Hospitalizations; Physician contacts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY LIVING; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMBULATORY CARE; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; PHYSICIANS; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 58049165994     PISSN: 15525260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2008.05.2493     Document Type: Article

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