Dementia in the Oldest-Old: A Nationwide Inpatient Sample Database Analysis.
J Aging Health
; 28(3): 426-39, 2016 Apr.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26187536
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
The aim of this study was to explore gender and race-specific mortality and comorbidities associated with dementia hospitalizations among the oldest-old.METHOD:
Using the 1999-2008 Nationwide Inpatient Sample, we identified the association between dementia mortality and hospital characteristics in the oldest-old population.RESULTS:
The oldest-old population was mostly comprised of Whites (81.1%) and women (76.0%), had shorter length of hospital stay (6.12 days), and lower hospital charges (US$18,770.32) than the young-old, despite the higher in-hospital mortality. Crude in-hospital mortality was higher for White males in the young-old population, followed by Hispanics and African Americans. However, Hispanic males had the highest mortality, followed by Whites then African Americans in the oldest-old group. After adjusting for different variables, these relationships did not change.DISCUSSION:
There should be a greater focus on potential pre-existing biases regarding hospital care in the elderly, especially the oldest-old and elderly minority groups.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Databases, Factual
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Hospital Mortality
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Dementia
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
America do norte
Language:
En
Journal:
J Aging Health
Journal subject:
GERIATRIA
Year:
2016
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States