Healthcare utilization prior to a diagnosis of young-onset Alzheimer's disease: a nationwide nested case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Our aim was to identify changes in healthcare utilization prior to a young-onset Alzheimer's disease diagnosis.

Methods

In a retrospective incidence density matched nested case-control study using national health registers, we examined healthcare utilization for those diagnosed with young-onset Alzheimer's disease in Danish memory clinics during 2016-2018 compared with age- and sex-matched controls. Negative binomial regression analysis produced contact rate ratios.

Results

The study included 1082 young-onset Alzheimer's disease patients and 3246 controls. In the year preceding diagnosis, we found increased contact rate ratios for all types of contacts except physiotherapy. Contact rate ratios for contacts with a general practitioner were significantly incre

SUBMITTER: Damsgaard L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10632232 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature