Utility of the Dependence Scale in dementia: validity, meaningfulness, and health economic considerations

Utility of the Dependence Scale in dementia: validity, meaningfulness, and health economic considerations

Abstract Background The concept of dependence has been proposed as a unified representation of disease severity to quantify and stage disease progression in a manner more informative to patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers. Methods This paper provides a review of the Dependence Scale (DS)...

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Main Authors: Carolyn W. Zhu, Bote Gosse Bruinsma, Yaakov Stern
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-08-01
Series:Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy
Subjects:
Dependency
Disease progression
Severity of illness
Economics
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13195-018-0414-7

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