Prevalence of dementia in nursing home and community-dwelling older adults in Germany

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 555-559

  Hoffmann, Falk ^a   Kaduszkiewicz, Hanna ^b   Glaeske, Gerd ^a   van den Bussche, Hendrik ^b   Koller, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Care dependency; Dementia; Epidemiology; Germany; Health services research

Indexed keywords

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING HOME; PREVALENCE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84938676021     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: 17208319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40520-014-0210-6     Document Type: Article

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