A Preliminary Study of Medical Services for Persons with Alzheimer's Disease

Logistic regression is used to examine medical ser- vice recommendations by staff in California's diagnostic and treat- ment centers to a clinical, non-random sample of Alzheimer's dis- ease clients (N . = 822). Dependent variables include physician consultation, medical clinic, medication management, and psychiat- ric services. Predictor variables include patients' enabling, need, predisposing characteristics, family consideralions. and organization affiliation. Significant predictors include previous service use, pa- tient functioning, family characteristics, and the specific center rec- ommending h e service.