Frequency and duration of hospitalization of patients with AD based on medicare data : CERAD XX

Medicare records on 477 Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease patients with AD for 1991 through 1995 showed a hospitalization rate of 0.37/person-year with a length of stay of 3.7 days/ person-year (average of 10 days/hospitalization). Unmarried and less-educated patients w...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Neurology 2000-02, Vol.54 (3), p.740-743
Hauptverfasser:	FILLENBAUM, G, HEYMAN, A, PETERSON, B, PIEPER, C, WEIMAN, A. L
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Alzheimer Disease - epidemiology Biological and medical sciences Degenerative and inherited degenerative diseases of the nervous system. Leukodystrophies. Prion diseases Hospitalization Humans Medical sciences Medicare Neurology Time Factors United States - epidemiology
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Zusammenfassung:	Medicare records on 477 Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease patients with AD for 1991 through 1995 showed a hospitalization rate of 0.37/person-year with a length of stay of 3.7 days/ person-year (average of 10 days/hospitalization). Unmarried and less-educated patients with AD were admitted to the hospital more frequently, and, along with black patients, had a longer length of stay. Frequency and duration of hospitalization were greater in the patients with AD than in Medicare beneficiaries in general, but the rate of diagnostic/therapeutic procedures was lower.
ISSN:	0028-3878 1526-632X
DOI:	10.1212/wnl.54.3.740