Who Is Providing the Predominant Care for Older Adults With Dementia?

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 802-806

  Yang, Mia ^a   Chang, Chiang Hua ^b   Carmichael, Donald ^b   Oh, Esther S ^a,c   Bynum, Julie P W ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

dementia; long term care; Medicare; Predominant provider; primary care; specialist

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SPECIALIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICARE; NURSING HOMES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SPECIALIZATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84991790819     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2016.04.026     Document Type: Article

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