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Three-score years and then?
Author(s)Jenny Bryan
Journal titleHealth Service Journal, vol 108, no 5619, 27 August 1998
Pagespp 4-8
KeywordsDementia ; Drugs ; Costs [care].
AnnotationThe author examines whether health authorities are overestimating the future financial burden of providing drug treatment for patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) She concludes that decisions to prescribe anti-dementia drugs such as donepezil (sold as Aricept) and Exelon will delay entry into institutional care, and reduce the length of time for which patients require the most expensive care. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-981130008 A
ClassmarkEA: LLD: QDC *

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