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Dementia: Time to nursing home admission and death
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Dementia: Time to nursing home admission and death
Monday 17 March 2025, 12:35 PM

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In a systematic review and meta-analysis of 235 studies with 5,553,960 participants, the average life expectancy of people with dementia from the time
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References
Brück CC, Mooldijk SS, Kuiper LM, et al. Time to nursing home admission and death in people with dementia: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ 2025;388:e080636.