Inequalities in receipt of mental and physical healthcare in people with dementia in the UK.

ABSTRACT:

Background

UK Dementia Strategies prioritise fair access to mental and physical healthcare. We investigated whether there are inequalities by deprivation or gender in healthcare received by people with dementia, and compared healthcare received by people with and without dementia.

Methods

we investigated primary care records of 68,061 community dwelling dementia patients and 259,337 people without dementia (2002-13). We tested hypotheses that people with dementia from more deprived areas, and who are women receive more psychotropic medication, fewer surgery consultations, are less likely to receive annual blood pressure, weight monitoring and an annual review, compared with those from less deprived areas and men.

Results

only half of people with dementia received a do

SUBMITTER: Cooper C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5378291 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature