Dementia care management in an underserved community: The comparative effectiveness of two different approaches

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 864-893

  Chodosh, Joshua ^a,b,c   Colaiaco, Benjamin A ^c   Connor, Karen Ilene ^a,b   Cope, Dennis Wesley ^a,d   Liu, Hangsheng ^c   Ganz, David Avram ^a,b,c   Richman, Mark Jason ^a,d   Cherry, Debra Lynn ^a,e,f   Blank, Joseph Moshe ^a,d   Carbone, Raquel Del Pilar ^b   Wolf, Sheldon Mark ^a,d   Vickrey, Barbara Grace ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's; care management; comparative effectiveness; dementia; health care delivery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; ECONOMICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POSTAL MAIL; PROCEDURES; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; COST OF ILLNESS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMENTIA; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; POSTAL SERVICE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84936996641     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264315569454     Document Type: Article

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