A Meta-Analysis of Sex-Based Differences in Health Service Use for Persons Living With Dementia Between 2018 and 2020 in Four Canadian Provinces.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ensuring equitable healthcare services for persons with dementia is of utmost importance. Recent evidence points to sex-based differences in healthcare use in this population. However, available evidence is based on data from limited geographic regions and predates the COVID-19 pandemic, which is said to have further magnified disparities. This study aims to estimate sex-based differences in ambulatory and acute care service use in persons with dementia in four Canadian provinces between 2018 and 2020.

Methods

A retrospective multicohort design was conducted using linked health administrative data from Quebec, Ontario, Alberta, and Saskatchewan. Three cohorts (2018, 2019, and 2020) of community-dwelling persons aged 65 and older with dementia were identified. With

SUBMITTER: Rodriguez-Duarte MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12774298 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature