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The cost of institutional care in Alzheimer's disease
 — nursing home and hospital use in a prospective cohort
Author(s)J Gilbert Welch, J Walsh, E Larson
Journal titleJournal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 40, no 3, March 1992
Pagespp 221-224
KeywordsDementia ; Hospital services ; Nursing homes ; Costs [care].
AnnotationAssesses the nursing home and hospital use of patients with Alzheimer's type dementia, and concludes that long-term care is the largest determinant of the cost of care in this disease.
Accession NumberCPA-950111037 A
ClassmarkEA: LD: LHB: QDC

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