Dementia coding, workup, and treatment in the va new england healthcare system

International Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Cho, Kelly ^a,b   Gagnon, David R ^a,c   Driver, Jane A ^a,b,d   Altincatal, Arman ^a   Kosik, Nicole ^a   Lanes, Stephan ^e   Lawler, Elizabeth V ^a,b,c  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNITED BIOSOURCE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GERIATRICIAN; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; ICD-9; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL HEALTH; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIST; OFF LABEL DRUG USE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; VETERAN; VETERANS HEALTH;

EID: 84896119393     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20900252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/821894     Document Type: Article

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