A population-based retrospective cohort study comparing care for Western Australians with and without Alzheimer's disease in the last year of life

Our study investigated health service use for people in the last year of life, comparing those who died with and without Alzheimer’s disease (AD) documented on the death certificate. Using a population-based retrospective cohort design, and utilizing the Western Australian Data Linkage System for th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rosenwax, Lorna, McNamara, B., Zilkens, Renate
Format: Journal Article
Published: Blackwell Publishing 2008
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33331