Diagnoses indicating pain and analgesic drug prescription in patients with dementia: A comparison to age- and sex-matched controls

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Hoffmann, Falk ^a   Van Den Bussche, Hendrik ^b   Wiese, Birgitt ^c   Glaeske, Gerd ^a   Kaduszkiewicz, Hanna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Analgesics; Comorbidity; Dementia; Health services research; Pain

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PRESCRIPTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS; COHORT STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PAIN; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84897597600     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-14-20     Document Type: Article

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