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 predicti...

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Main Authors: Kwo-Chen Lee, Wen-Hsuan Hsu, Po-Han Chou, Jia-Jean Yiin, Chih-Hsin Muo, Yun-Ping Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6059383?pdf=render