Dementia types and severity in patients newly initiating anti-dementia medications in taiwan

• At: Glasgow (Scotland) (2018)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: POS-HPS-084
• By: OWANG, Kok Loon (Department of Pharmacy, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung)
• Co-author(s): Kok Loon Owang
  Shih-Chieh Shao
  Yuk-Ying Chan
  Hui-Yu Chen
  
• Abstract:

  Background

  Dementia is a major health problem worldwide. Although anti-dementia medications are available, there is no evidence about the real-world prescribing patterns in Taiwan.

  Methods

  We conducted the retrospective cohort study from 2009 to 2016 in four hospitals in Taiwan. We identified patients diagnosed with dementia and newly receiving
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