Nursing home admission after myocardial infarction in the elderly: A nationwide cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Data on nursing home admission after myocardial infarction (MI) in the elderly are scarce. We investigated nursing home admission within 6 months and 2 years after MI including predictors for nursing home admission in a nationwide cohort of elderly patients.

Methods

Using Danish nationwide registries, we identified all subjects 65 years or older residing at home who were discharged following first-time MI in the period 2008-2015. We determined sex- and age-stratified incidence rates per 1000 person years (IRs) and incidence rate ratios (IRRs) of nursing home admissions using Poisson regression models compared to the Danish population 65 years or older with no prior MI. Poisson regression models were also applied to identify predictors of nursing home admission.

SUBMITTER: Smedegaard L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6093673 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature