Age, multimorbidity and dementia with health care costs in older people in Alberta: a population-based retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The growing burden associated with population aging, dementia and multimorbidity poses potential challenges for the sustainability of health systems worldwide. We sought to examine how the intersection among age, dementia and greater multimorbidity is associated with health care costs.

Methods

We did a retrospective population-based cohort study in Alberta, Canada, with adults aged 65 years and older between April 2003 and March 2017. We identified 31 morbidities using algorithms (30 algorithms were validated), which were applied to administrative health data, and assessed costs associated with hospital admission, provider billing, ambulatory care, medications and long-term care (LTC). Actual costs were used for provider billing and medications; estimated costs fo

SUBMITTER: Tonelli M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9262346 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul-Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature