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2. Motimer JA, Hutton JT: in press, Epidemiology and Etiology of Alzheimer's Disease. In Senile Dementia of the Alzheimer Type, JTHutton, AD Kenny (eds): New York, Alan R Liss
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3. The 66 percent figure represents Alzheimer's disease and Alzheimer's disease mixed with vascular dementia, derived from aggregated data from clinical studies. Analogous figures from autopsy studies (that generally represent a sample biased for clinical complexity) are 68 percent of dementia cases among those over 70 and 45 percent among those under 70. Katzman R, Lasker B, Bernstein N: Accuracy of Diagnosis and Consequences of Misdiagnosis of Disorders Causing Dementia. Contract report for the congressional Office of Technology Assessment, March 1986. Doty P, Liu K, Wiener I: An Overview of Long-Term Care. Health Care Financing Review, 1985, 6:69-78
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5. Rovner BW, Kafonek S, Filipp L, et al: Prevalence of Mental Illness in a Community Nursing Home. Johns Hopkins University (in press). Texas Department of Health, Alzheimer's Disease Initiative, Nursing Home Study, July 1985. Foley WJ: RUG-II Reimbursement and the Dementia Patient. Contract report for the Office of Technology Assessment, US Congress
