This study confirms the independent contribution of specific medical symptoms and diseases to earlier institutionalization of patients with dementia. These results stress the importance of better knowledge of the specific characteristics of hip fracture, weight loss and congestive heart failure in the context of dementia, to make more effective prevention possible in this patient population.
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