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Observational Study
. 2013 Oct-Dec;27(4):372-8.
doi: 10.1097/WAD.0b013e318276994e.

Hospital and nursing home use from 2002 to 2008 among U.S. older adults with cognitive impairment, not dementia in 2002

Daniel O Clark  1 , Timothy E Stump, Wanzhu Tu, Douglas K Miller, Kenneth M Langa, Frederick W Unverzagt, Christopher M Callahan
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Observational Study

Hospital and nursing home use from 2002 to 2008 among U.S. older adults with cognitive impairment, not dementia in 2002

Daniel O Clark et al. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2013 Oct-Dec.

Abstract

Little is known about health care use in the cognitive impairment, not dementia (CIND) subpopulation. Using a cohort of 7130 persons aged 71 years or over from the Health and Retirement Survey, we compared mean and total health care use from 2002 to 2008 for those with no cognitive impairment, CIND, or dementia in 2002. Cognitive status was determined using a validated method based on self or proxy interview measures. Health care use was also based on self or proxy reports. On the basis of the Health and Retirement Survey, the CIND subpopulation in 2002 was 5.3 million or 23% of the total population 71 years of age or over. Mean hospital nights was similar and mean nursing home nights was less in persons with CIND compared with persons with dementia. The CIND subpopulation, however, had more total hospital and nursing home nights--71,000 total hospital nights and 223,000 total nursing home nights versus 32,000 hospital nights and 138,000 nursing home nights in the dementia subpopulation. A relatively large population and high health care use result in a large health care impact of the CIND subpopulation.

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All persons who contributed significantly to this work are listed as authors and the authors have no conflicts of interest regarding this work.

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Weighted Mean Hospital and Nursing Home Nights per Individual from 2002–2008 within 2002 Age by Gender by CIND/Dementia Subpopulations.
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Cumulative Hospital and Nursing Home Nights from 2002–2008 within 2002 Age by Gender by CIND/Dementia Subpopulations for the U.S. (000).
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