Dental treatment intensity in frail older adults in the last year of life

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 144, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1234-1242

  Chen, Xi ^a   Chen, Hong ^a   Douglas, Christian ^b   Preisser, John S ^b   Shuman, Stephen K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Geriatrics; Longterm care; Oral health; Palliative dentistry; Terminal illness

Indexed keywords

AGED; DENTAL PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL; TERMINAL CARE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, DENTAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84888582703     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2013.0051     Document Type: Article

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