JAMDA
Volume 10, Issue 4 , Pages 264-270 , May 2009

Natural History of Feeding-Tube Use in Nursing Home Residents With Advanced Dementia

  • Sylvia Kuo, PhD

      Affiliations

    • The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI
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  • Ramona L. Rhodes, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI
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  • Susan L. Mitchell, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for Aged, Boston, MA
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  • Vincent Mor, PhD

      Affiliations

    • The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI
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  • Joan M. Teno, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Joan M. Teno, MD, MS, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 121 South Main Street, Box G-121–612, Providence, RI 02912.

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    Rate of Feeding-Tube Incidence Per 1000 Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia by State, 2000–2001.

    Rate of Feeding-Tube Incidence Per 1000 Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia by State, 2000–2001.

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    Kaplan-Meier 1-Year Survival after Receiving a Feeding Tube.

    Kaplan-Meier 1-Year Survival after Receiving a Feeding Tube.

 Funding for this research was based on grant from the National Institute of Aging (R01 AG024265).

 The authors have no conflicts of interest.

PII: S1525-8610(08)00412-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2008.10.010

JAMDA
Volume 10, Issue 4 , Pages 264-270 , May 2009

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