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. 2025 Dec 7.
doi: 10.1186/s12904-025-01957-2. Online ahead of print.

Differences in survival and healthcare utilization amongst nursing home residents with advanced dementia and frailty compared to other end-of-life conditions: a retrospective cohort study

Yun Cao  1 , Bao Yu Pang  2 , Grace Olgado Silva  3   4 , Ling Ling Soh  3   4 , Wei Ting Chen  4 , Sze Yee Yang  4   5 , Lester Wen-Pin Leong  3   4 , Laurence Lean Chin Tan  4   6 , Ian Yi Onn Leong  4 , Wee Shiong Lim  1   7   8 , Joshua Shaowen Lee  9   10   11
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Differences in survival and healthcare utilization amongst nursing home residents with advanced dementia and frailty compared to other end-of-life conditions: a retrospective cohort study

Yun Cao et al. BMC Palliat Care. .
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Keywords: Dementia; Nursing home; Palliative care; Prognosis.

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Declarations. Ethics approval and consent to participate: Routinely audited and anonymised information was used in this retrospective study. In accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and the Belmont Report, the National Healthcare Group Institutional Review Board did not require ethics approval for the study based on institutional policy. Informed consent was also not required. Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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