Causes of Hospital Admission for People With Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 463-470

  Toot, Sandeep ^a   Devine, Mike ^b   Akporobaro, Ajiri ^c   Orrell, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH II HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Causes; Crisis; Dementia; Hospital admissions

Indexed keywords

AGITATION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84879607547     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2013.01.011     Document Type: Review

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