Hospital admissions, outpatient visits and healthcare costs of community-dwellers with Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's and Dementia

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 955-963

  Tolppanen, Anna Maija ^a   Taipale, Heidi ^a   Purmonen, Timo ^b   Koponen, Marjaana ^a   Soininen, Hilkka ^a,c   Hartikainen, Sirpa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b Oy Medfiles Ltd   (Finland)

^c KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cohort studies; Health services; Healthcare costs; Hospitalization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ICD-10; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OUTPATIENTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84939256007     PISSN: 15525260     EISSN: 15525279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2014.10.005     Document Type: Article

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