Accurate assessments of healthcare use along the course of cognitive decline

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 450-451

  Fowler, Nicole R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NURSING HOME;

FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 84875127785     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12135     Document Type: Editorial

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