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Estimating the survival of elderly patients diagnosed with dementia in Taiwan: A longitudinal study

BACKGROUND: Dementia is characterized by prolonged progressive disability. Therefore, predicting mortality is difficult. An accurate prediction tool may be useful to ensure that end-of-life patients with dementia receive timely palliative care. PURPOSE: This study aims to establish a survival predic...

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Autores principales: Lee, Kwo-Chen, Hsu, Wen-Hsuan, Chou, Po-Han, Yiin, Jia-Jean, Muo, Chih-Hsin, Lin, Yun-Ping
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6059383/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30044781
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0178997