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

Authors
Fillenbaum, G Heyman, A Peterson, B Pieper, C Weiman, AL
Citation
G. Fillenbaum et al., Frequency and duration of hospitalization of patients with AD based on Medicare data: CERAD XX, NEUROLOGY, 54(3), 2000, pp. 740-743
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Neurology,"Neurosciences & Behavoir
Journal title
NEUROLOGY
ISSN journal
00283878 → ACNP
Volume
54
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
740 - 743
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3878(20000208)54:3<740:FADOHO>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Medicare records on 477 Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease patients with AD for 1991 through 1995 showed a hospitalization rat e of 0.37/person-year with a length of stay of 3.7 days/person-year (averag e of 10 days/hospitalization). Unmarried and less-educated patients with AD were admitted to the hospital more frequently, and, along with black patie nts, had a longer length of stay. Frequency and duration of hospitalization were greater in the patients with AD than in Medicare beneficiaries in gen eral, but the rate of diagnostic/therapeutic procedures was lower.