Abstract
Background/Aim: We compared the prevalence of dementia in nursing home residents and community-dwelling older adults. Methods: Using health insurance claims data for the year 2009, we estimated the prevalence of at least three of four quarters with a diagnosis of dementia in persons aged ≥65 years. Results: Of 213,694 persons aged 65+ years, 4,584 (2.2 %) lived in nursing homes. The prevalence of dementia was 51.8 % (95 % CI 50.4-53.3) in nursing home residents and 2.7 % (95 % CI 2.6-2.8) in community-dwelling elderly. Increasing prevalences with age were found in both sexes in community-dwelling elderly. These trends were not seen in nursing home residents where prevalences were already high for the age group 65-69 years (35.7 % in males and 40.9 % in females, respectively). Conclusions: More than half of nursing home residents suffer from dementia, which is about 19-fold higher than the prevalence in insured living in the community.
| Item Type: | Journal article |
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| Keywords: | dementia; epidemiology; health services research; care dependency; Germany |
| Faculties: | Medicine > Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometry and Epidemiology Medicine > Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometry and Epidemiology > Epidemiology of Vertigo and Dizziness |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medicine and health |
| ISSN: | 1720-8319 |
| Language: | English |
| Item ID: | 39163 |
| Date Deposited: | 19. Jun 2017, 14:24 |
| Last Modified: | 04. Nov 2020, 13:16 |
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