Patterns of unplanned hospital admissions among people with dementia: from diagnosis to the end of life.

ABSTRACT:

Background

hospitalisations are sentinel events for people with dementia. How patterns of unplanned hospital admissions change among people with dementia after diagnosis is relatively unknown.

Objective

to describe patterns of unplanned hospital admissions of people with dementia from diagnosis until death/study end.

Methods

retrospective cohort study using mental healthcare provider data of people diagnosed with dementia in London, UK (1995-2017), linked to mortality and hospital data. The primary outcome was the rate of unplanned hospital admissions after diagnosis until death/study end. We calculated the cumulative incidence of unplanned hospital admissions. The rates of unplanned hospital admissions and the percentage of time spent as an inpatient were stratified

SUBMITTER: Yorganci E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9113942 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature