Association of incident dementia with hospitalizations.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Dementia is associated with increased rates and often poorer outcomes of hospitalization, including worsening cognitive status. New evidence is needed to determine whether some admissions of persons with dementia might be potentially preventable.

Objective

To determine whether dementia onset is associated with higher rates of or different reasons for hospitalization, particularly for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions (ACSCs), for which proactive outpatient care might prevent the need for a hospital stay.

Design, setting, and participants

Retrospective analysis of hospitalizations among 3019 participants in Adult Changes in Thought (ACT), a longitudinal cohort study of adults aged 65 years or older enrolled in an integrated health care system. All participan

SUBMITTER: Phelan EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3312921 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature