Utility of Restricted Mean Survival Time for Analyzing Time to Nursing Home Placement Among Patients With Dementia

JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Jan 4;4(1):e2034745. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.34745.

Abstract

This cohort study assesses the utility of restricted mean survival time as a method for quantifying time to nursing home placement among patients with dementia.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Algorithms
  • Cholinesterase Inhibitors / administration & dosage
  • Dementia / drug therapy
  • Dementia / mortality*
  • Dementia / nursing*
  • Donepezil / administration & dosage
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Nursing Homes*
  • Patient Admission / statistics & numerical data*
  • Survival Rate
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Cholinesterase Inhibitors
  • Donepezil