Very Mild Dementia and Medical Comorbidity Independently Predict Health Care Use in the Elderly
Objective : To determine whether dementia status and medical burden were independent predictors of emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations in older patients from an urban geriatric practice participating in a primary care based cognitive screening program. Participants and Methods : A...
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Main Authors: | Ellen Grober PhD (Author), Amy Sanders MD (Author), Charles B. Hall PhD (Author), Amy R. Ehrlich MD (Author), Richard B. Lipton MD (Author) |
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SAGE Publishing,
2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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