A Longitudinal Study of Transitions Between Informal and Formal Care in Alzheimer Disease Using Multistate Models in the European ICTUS Cohort

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1104.e1-1104.e7

  Andrieu, S ^e,e   Savy, S ^e   Cantet, C ^e   Coley, N ^e   Andrieu, Sandrine ^a,b,c  

^a Faculté de Médecine Centre Hospitalo universitaire   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e NONE

^f Manchester   (United Kingdom)

^g NONE   (Netherlands)

^h NONE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Dermatology Department   (United Kingdom)

^j NONE   (Greece)

^k Three Ways special school   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Cohort study; Dementia; Formal care use; Multistate model; Transitions of care

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORMAL CARE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HUMAN; INFORMAL CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT TRANSPORT; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSFER;

EID: 84947765902     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2015.09.010     Document Type: Article

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