Alzheimer's disease legislation and policy-now and in the future

Health Affairs

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 561-565

  Hoffman, David ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEEDING APPARATUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PHYSICIAN; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84898038424     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.1223     Document Type: Article

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