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- Title
A Cohort Study of Healthcare Utilization in Older Adults with Undiagnosed Dementia.
- Authors
Lee, Sei J.; Larson, Eric B.; Dublin, Sascha; Walker, Rod; Marcum, Zachary; Barnes, Deborah
- Abstract
The article presents a study which examined the rates of healthcare utilization among patients who developed dementia while enrolled in the Adult Changes in Thought (ACT) research between 1994 and 2014. The variables considered include patients with diagnosed and undiagnosed dementia, number of outpatient visits, emergency department visits and hospitalizations. The correlation between dementia and comorbidity is assessed.
- Subjects
DEMENTIA patients; DIAGNOSIS of dementia; TREATMENT of dementia; OUTPATIENT medical care; COMORBIDITY
- Publication
JGIM: Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2018, Vol 33, Issue 1, p13
- ISSN
0884-8734
- Publication type
letter
- DOI
10.1007/s11606-017-4162-3