Household size and its role in the association between multimorbidity and health and social care outcomes in older adults in Wales: retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine how the risk of unplanned admission to hospital and transitioning to live in a care home by number of long term conditions varies by household size.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Wales Census 2011 household data, linked to the Welsh Secure Anonymised Information Linkage (SAIL) Databank, 27 March 2011 to 26 March 2016.

Participants

391 686 residents of Wales recorded in the Wales Census on 27 March 2011, aged ≥65 years, living in Welsh households of one to six residents, registered with a general practitioner contributing data to the SAIL Databank.

Main outcome measures

Time to the first unplanned hospital admission and time to transition from living at home in the community to living in a care home, for individuals with

SUBMITTER: MacRae C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12684141 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature