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Utilization of occupational therapy services and relation to survival in people taking dementia-specific medication in Austria-A retrospective population-based study with a 13-year observation period.

Sinisa StefanacIgor GrabovacMargaret R AndrewsClaudia OppenauerRomualdo RamosBerthold ReichardtElisabeth StögmannTanja Stamm
Published in: International journal of geriatric psychiatry (2021)
People receiving dementia-specific medication were more likely to receive OT if they had additional comorbidities, however our analysis showed that utilization of OT services in Austria was very low indicating an overall insufficient accessibility of OT services for patients who needed it.
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