Growth in dementia-associated hospitalizations among the oldest old in the United States: Implications for ethical health services planning

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 1850-1851

  Zilberberg, Marya D ^a,b,c   Tjia, Jennifer ^d  

^a EviMed Research Group LLC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PARKINSON DISEASE; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED STATES;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HEALTH TRANSITION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 81355154246     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.503     Document Type: Article

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