Impact of household size and co-resident multimorbidity on unplanned hospitalisation and transition to care home.

ABSTRACT: The ability to manage ill health and care needs might be affected by who a person lives with. This study examined how the risk of unplanned hospitalisation and transition to living in a care home varied according to household size and co-resident multimorbidity. Here we show results from a cohort study using  Welsh nationwide linked healthcare and census data, that employed multilevel multistate models to account for the competing risk of death and clustering within households. The highest rates of unplanned hospitalisation and care home transition were in those living alone. Event rates were lower in all shared households and lowest when co-residents did not have multimorbidity. These differences were more substantial for care home transition. Therefore, living alone or with co-residents

SUBMITTER: MacRae C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11836437 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature