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Health care utilization among clients with Alzheimer's disease — public policy implications from the California Alzheimer's Disease Diagnostic and Treatment Center Program
Author(s)	Carolinda Douglass, Patrick J Fox
Journal title	Journal of Applied Gerontology, vol 18, no 1, March 1999
Pages	pp 99-121
Keywords	Dementia ; Health services ; Services ; Usage [services] ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation	The California Alzheimer's Disease Diagnostic and Treatment Center (ADDTC) Program is a longitudinal study which includes a non-random sample of 737 participants from 1988 to 1992 with a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Sample characteristics, service utilization rates and recommendations for service use by ADDTC staff are described. Comparisons of service use at baseline assessment and first annual assessment are made for 10 health and social services: general practices, senior centre services, congregate or home-delivered meals, home health care, home-maker chore services, adult day care, case management, transportation services, residential care, and nursing home care. The influence of ADDTC staff recommendations on subsequent service use is assessed, and policy implications regarding the efficacy of these recommendations are discussed. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-990604006 A
Classmark	EA: L: I: QLD: 3J: 7T
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