Prognostic Impact of Delirium in Older People With/Without Dementia: A Retrospective Cohort Study in Taiwan.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To elucidate the hypothetically different interactions between delirium and post-discharge prognostic indicators in elderly hospital inpatients with versus without dementia.

Design

Retrospective cohort study of claims data by Taiwan National Health Insurance beneficiaries between 2002-2013.

Setting

Records of public hospital admissions in the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research database.

Participants

Propensity-score matched subgroups of patients with delirium superimposed on dementia (n = 922) versus dementia alone (n = 922), delirium alone (n = 680) versus neither delirium nor dementia (n = 680).

Measurements

Mortality, emergency department visits, readmissions, and psychotropic drug use, within 30, 180, and 365 days of discharge, were

SUBMITTER: Liang CK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12280676 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature