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Are community-living and institutionalized dementia patients cared for differently? Evidence on service utilization and costs of care from German insurance claims data

BACKGROUND: Dementia patients are often cared for in institutional arrangements, which are associated with substantial spending on professional long-term care services. Nevertheless, there is little evidence on the exact cost differences between community-based and institutional dementia care, espec...

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Autores principales: Schwarzkopf, Larissa, Menn, Petra, Leidl, Reiner, Graessel, Elmar, Holle, Rolf
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3543842/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23286826
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-13-2