Survival of people with dementia after unplanned acute hospital admission: A prospective cohort study

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1015-1022

  Sampson, Elizabeth L ^a,b   Leurent, Baptiste ^a   Blanchard, Martin R ^a,c   Jones, Louise ^a   King, Michael ^a,c  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BARNET ENFIELD AND HARINGEY MENTAL HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c CAMDEN AND ISLINGTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acute hospital; dementia; mortality; palliative care; prognosis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DECUBITUS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DSM-IV; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL TIME; WATERLOW SCORE;

ACUTE HOSPITAL; DEMENTIA; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84883551062     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.3919     Document Type: Article

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