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Tacrine Therapy is Associated with Reduced Mortality in Nursing Home Residents with Dementia
Author(s) -
Ott Brian R.,
Lapane Kate L.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50005.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dementia , minimum data set , tacrine , retrospective cohort study , hazard ratio , polypharmacy , geriatrics , gerontology , emergency medicine , disease , nursing homes , psychiatry , confidence interval , nursing , biochemistry , chemistry , acetylcholinesterase , enzyme
To investigate the extent to which treatment with tacrine is associated with a reduction in mortality in nursing home residents with dementia.