Health care utilization and costs among patients with ad with and without dysphagia

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 138-144

  Tian, Haijun ^a   Abouzaid, Safiya ^a   Sabbagh, Marwan N ^b   Chen, Wei ^c   Gabriel, Susan ^a   Kahler, Kristijan H ^a   Kim, Edward ^a  

^a NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^b SUN HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Beijing SL Pharmaceutical Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; cohort studies; cost effectiveness economic; dysphagia; outcome research

Indexed keywords

MEMANTINE; RIVASTIGMINE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; DYSPHAGIA; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84878885130     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WAD.0b013e318258cd7d     Document Type: Article

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