Emergency department use among older adults with dementia

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 35-40

  LaMantia, Michael A ^a,b,c   Stump, Timothy E ^b   Messina, Frank C ^c   Miller, Douglas K ^a,b   Callahan, Christopher M ^a,b,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR AGING RESEARCH   (United States)

^b REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia diagnosis; Emergency department; Survival rate

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MORTALITY RATE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84960801919     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WAD.0000000000000118     Document Type: Article

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