Healthcare utilization and costs in managed care patients with Alzheimer's disease during the last few years of life
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Research indicates that Alzheimer's disease patients do not generate higher healthcare costs than do patients with other forms of dementia, or similarly aged persons without dementia. Data were obtained from medical records of subjects with a mean age of 85, during the last three years of life.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2001
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Subjective memory deterioration and future dementia in people aged 65 and older
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A study in order to find out whether subjective memory deterioration is associated with future dementia in older people is conducted. Subjective memory deterioration was found to precede the development of dementia in older people with normal cognitive screening results.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2004
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Interrater reliability and accuracy in identifying ischemic strokes using computed tomography scans in people with dementia
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The dependability and precision of stroke identification using computed tomography scans in dementia victims is investigated.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2005
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