High Short-term Mortality in Hospitalized Patients With Advanced Dementia
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- 26 February 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of internal medicine (1960)
- Vol. 161 (4) , 594-599
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.161.4.594
Abstract
ALZHEIMER DISEASE and related dementing illnesses are incurable, progressive disorders leading gradually to complete loss of cognitive function and subsequent death. By the year 2040, the prevalence of Alzheimer disease in the United States is estimated to rise to more than 9 million affected individuals.1,2 Costs of care increase with severity of the dementing illness with an annual US estimate of more than $100 billion in 1993 alone, a figure that is expected to double by 2040.2This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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