Multimorbidity and dementia risk in hospitalised patients: an administrative data linkage study of hospital patients in Northern Ireland.

Multimorbidity and dementia risk in hospitalised patients: an administrative data linkage study of hospital patients in Northern Ireland.

Introduction While chronic disease is a risk factor for dementia (Shang et al., 2020) studies addressing multimorbidity and dementia risk are limited. Multimorbidity leads to steeper dementia progression (Bauer, 2014; Haaksma, 2019) impacting cognitive dysfunction, cognitive decline and impairment...

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Main Authors: Emma Curran, Michael Rosato, Gerard Leavey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Swansea University 2022-08-01
Series:International Journal of Population Data Science
Subjects:
Dementia
Multimorbidity
Administrative data
Online Access:https://ijpds.org/article/view/2012

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