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Use of physician and acute care services by persons with and without Alzheimer's disease
 — a population-based comparison
Author(s)Cynthia Leibson, Tomas Owens, Peter O'Brien
Journal titleJournal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 47, no 7, July 1999
Pagespp 864-869
KeywordsDementia ; General practice ; Hospital services ; Accident & emergency depts ; Comparison ; United States of America.
Annotation301 residents of Rochester, Minnesota with Alzheimer's disease (AD) onset between January 1980 and December 1984, and a control for each of the same sex and age were followed in their medical records for the number of acute care encounters in the four years after the index year. The research found that the onset of AD is not associated with greater use of acute care services. However, neither is the high use of nursing home care offset by fewer hospital emergency visits or hospital encounters. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-990825320 A
ClassmarkEA: L5: LD: LD6: 48: 7T

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