Hospitalizations of the older adults with and without dementia during the last two years of life: the impact of comorbidity and changes from 2002 to 2017.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Multimorbidity creates challenges for care and increases health care utilization and costs. People with dementia often have multiple comorbidities, but little is known about the role of these comorbidities in hospitalizations.

Aims

This study examines the frequency of hospitalizations during the last two years of life in older adults with and without dementia, the impact of comorbidities on hospitalizations, and their time trends.

Methods

The data came from national registers and covered all persons 70 and above who died in Finland in 2002-2017. The effect of dementia and comorbidities on hospitalizations in the last two years of life was determined using binary logistic regression and negative binomial regression.

Results

At all levels of comorbidit

SUBMITTER: Vargese SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11753344 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature