Time-varying effects of socio-demographic and economic factors on the use of institutional long-term care before dementia-related death: A Finnish register-based study.

OBJECTIVES:The effects of socio-demographic and economic factors on institutional long-term care (LTC) among people with dementia remain unclear. Inconsistent findings may relate to time-varying effects of these factors as dementia progresses. To clarify the question, we estimated institutional LTC...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kaarina Korhonen, Elina Einiö, Taina Leinonen, Lasse Tarkiainen, Pekka Martikainen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6013097?pdf=render