Patients with dementia in hospitals: a nation-wide analysis of administrative data 2010-2014.

Considering the limited information available, the aim of the study was to examine the prevalence and characteristics of inpatients with dementia in Belgian general hospitals. All admissions of inpatients aged at least 40Â years with or without dementia were retrieved from the nationwide administrative hospital discharges database for the period 2010-2014. Admissions of inpatients aged 40Â years or more with dementia have increased to reach 83,017 out of 1,285,593 admissions (6.46%) in general hospitals in 2014, mostly admitted through the emergency department (79.7%) and for another reason th... Mehr ...