Statin discontinuation in nursing home residents with advanced dementia.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To describe patterns of, and factors associated with, statin use and discontinuation in nursing home (NH) residents progressing to advanced dementia and followed for at least 90 days.

Design

Retrospective inception cohort using a dataset linking 2007 to 2008 Minimum Data Set (MDS) to Medicare denominator and Part D files.

Setting

All NHs in five states (Minnesota, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, California, Florida).

Participants

NH residents with dementia.

Measurements

Residents who developed advanced dementia were observed from baseline (date of progression to very severe cognitive impairment with eating problems) and followed for at least 90 days to statin discontinuation or death. Logistic regression was used to identify baseline factors asso

SUBMITTER: Tjia J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4241149 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature