Changes in dementia diagnoses in Sweden during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused large disruptions to healthcare systems. Refocus on COVID-19 related care might have contributed to indirect effects on other healthcare areas. Care focused on acute conditions have been negatively affected although research into the effects on chronic and care intensive patient groups such as patients with dementia diseases is lacking. In this study we evaluated dementia diagnosis trends in Sweden during 2015-2020 according to International Classification of Disease version 10 coding of common dementia diseases.

Methods

Regional and national statistics in the form of International Classification of Disease version 10 coding, COVID-19 incidence, mortality data, and population census data were collected from the National Institute

SUBMITTER: Axenhus M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9039601 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature