Trends in health service use and potentially avoidable hospitalizations before Alzheimer's disease diagnosis: A matched, retrospective study of US Medicare beneficiaries
Abstract Introduction This study evaluates rates of all‐cause emergency department visits, all‐cause hospitalizations, potentially avoidable hospitalizations, and falls in 3 years preceding Alzheimer's disease (AD) diagnosis. Methods Patients with AD and controls with no cognitive impairment we...
Main Authors: | Urvi Desai, Noam Y. Kirson, Wenyu Ye, Nori R. Mehta, Jody Wen, J. Scott Andrews |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2019-12-01
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Series: | Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dadm.2018.12.005 |
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