Survival in patients with incident dementia compared with a control group: A five-year follow-up

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1522-1530

  Koller, Daniela ^a   Kaduszkiewicz, Hanna ^b   Van Den Bussche, Hendrik ^b   Eisele, Marion ^b   Wiese, Birgitt ^c   Glaeske, Gerd ^a   Hoffmann, Falk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

claims data; comorbidities; dementia; mortality; nursing care dependency; survival

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; NURSING CARE; SURVIVAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; NURSING CARE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84863886667     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610212000361     Document Type: Article

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