Utility of Restricted Mean Survival Time for Analyzing Time to Nursing Home Placement among Patients with Dementia

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: DH Kim, Harvard Medical School; X Li, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; S Bian, Rollins School of Public Health; LJ Wei, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; R Sun, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
• Language: English
• Date: 2021-01-28
• Publisher: Emory University Libraries
• Publication Version: Final Published Version
• Copyright Statement: 2021 Kim DH et al. JAMA Network Open.
• License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.34745
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: JAMA Network Open
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 1
• Start Page: e2034745
• End Page: e2034745
• Grant/Funding Information: This study was funded by grant R21AG060227 from the National Institute on Aging (Dr Kim).
• Keywords: Humans; Female; Time Factors; Nursing Homes; Aged; Survival Rate; Algorithms; Donepezil; Dementia; Cholinesterase Inhibitors; Male; Patient Admission
• Research Categories: Health Sciences, Pharmacology; Biology, Biostatistics

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.