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Implementation of the Mental Capacity Act: a national observational study comparing resultant trends in place of death for older heart failure decedents with or without comorbid dementia

BACKGROUND: Heart failure (HF) is increasingly prevalent in the growing elderly population and commonly associated with cognitive impairment. We compared trends in place of death (PoD) of HF patients with/without comorbid dementia around the implementation period of the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) in...

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Autores principales: Beattie, James M., Higginson, Irene J., McDonagh, Theresa A., Gao, Wei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9901524/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35057803
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-021-02210-2