Hospitalisation of people with dementia: evidence from English electronic health records from 2008 to 2016.

ABSTRACT: Hospitalisation of people with dementia is associated with adverse outcomes and high costs. We aimed to examine general, i.e. non-psychiatric, hospitalisation rates, changes since 2008 and factors associated with admission. We also aimed to compare admission rates of people with dementia with age-matched people without dementia. We conducted a cohort study of adults ≥ 65 years, with dementia diagnosed during the 2008-2016 study window, derived from a large secondary mental healthcare database in South London, UK. We used national general hospital records to identify emergency and elective hospitalisations. We calculated the cumulative incidence and rate of hospitalisation and examined predictors of hospitalisation using negative binomial regression, with multiple imputation for missing cov

SUBMITTER: Sommerlad A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6497615 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature