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Emergency Department Use Among Older Adults With Dementia.
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Deprescribing Potentially Inappropriate Medications in the Emergency Department for Persons Living With Dementia
Who cites it
137 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A Systematic Review Evaluating Pain Assessment Strategies for Patients With Dementia in the Emergency Department: The Geriatric ED Guidelines 2.0.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2026Pooled it
- A Meta-Analysis of Sex-Based Differences in Health Service Use for Persons Living With Dementia Between 2018 and 2020 in Four Canadian Provinces.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2026Pooled it
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- Rural and urban differences in quality of dementia care of persons with dementia and caregivers across all domains: a systematic review.BMC health services research · 2023Pooled it
- Geriatric Education Programs for Emergency Department Professionals: A Systematic Review.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2019Pooled it
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- Can non-pharmacological interventions reduce hospital admissions in people with dementia? A systematic review.PloS one · 2019Pooled it
- Program of intensive support in emergency departments for care partners of cognitively impaired patients: A randomized controlled trial.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025Trial
- Machine learning-assisted screening for cognitive impairment in the emergency department.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2022Trial
- Data-driven subtyping of Alzheimer's emergency presentations using unsupervised machine learning.IBRO neuroscience reports · 2026Article
- Utilization Patterns Among Heterogeneous Subgroups of Homebound Older Adults: A Latent Class Analysis.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2026Observational
- Housing Assistance and Health Care Access Among Older Adults with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias: Evidence from Multisource Linked Survey-Administrative Data.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2026Article
- Assigning Probable Dementia Status Using Routinely Collected Electronic Health Record Data.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2026Article
- Ambulatory Care Follow-Up and Fragmentation After Emergency Department Visits Among Older Adults.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2026Article
- Impact of Elevated Blood Pressure on Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Outcomes in Older Adults: A Propensity-Matched Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Bridging the Gap Between the ED and Home: The Community Paramedic-Led Transitions Intervention for Persons Living With Dementia.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2026Article
- Emergency Departments Leading the Transformation of Alzheimer's and Dementia Care: Emergency Care Redesign.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2026Article
- Nurse-Led Telephonic Care Following Emergency Department Visits for Persons Living With Dementia and Their Care Partners: A Program Description.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2026Article
- Emergency Departments Leading the Transformation of Alzheimer's and Dementia Care.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2026Article
- Detecting multimorbidity patterns in Alzheimer's disease using unsupervised machine learning: A nationwide emergency department study (2007-2022).Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2026Article
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Abstract
Although persons with dementia are frequently hospitalized, relatively little is known about the health profile, patterns of health care use, and mortality rates for patients with dementia who access care in the emergency department (ED). We linked data from our hospital system with Medicare and Medicaid claims, Minimum Data Set, and Outcome and Assessment Information Set data to evaluate 175,652 ED visits made by 10,354 individuals with dementia and 15,020 individuals without dementia over 11 years. Survival rates after ED visits and associated charges were examined. Patients with dementia visited the ED more frequently, were hospitalized more often than patients without dementia, and had an increased odds of returning to the ED within 30 days of an index ED visit compared with persons who never had a dementia diagnosis (odds ratio, 2.29; P<0.001). Survival rates differed significantly between patients by dementia status (P<0.001). Mean Medicare payments for ED services were significantly higher among patients with dementia. These results show that older adults with dementia are frequent ED visitors who have greater comorbidity, incur higher charges, are admitted to hospitals at higher rates, return to EDs at higher rates, and have higher mortality after an ED visit than patients without dementia.
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