Clinical epidemiology and in-patient hospital use in the last year of life (1990-2005) of 29,884 Western Australians with dementia

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 399-407

  Zilkens, Renate R ^a   Spilsbury, Katrina ^a   Bruce, David G ^b   Semmens, James B ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Data linkage; Dementia; Hospital use; Last year of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 67849121870     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2009-1057     Document Type: Article

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