Elderly bedridden patients with dementia use over one quarter of resources in internal medicine wards in an Israeli hospital

Elderly bedridden patients with dementia use over one quarter of resources in internal medicine wards in an Israeli hospital

Abstract Background Elderly bedridden patients with dementia (EBRPD) are a growing segment of the population. We aimed to describe acute care hospitalization of EBRPD in internal medicine wards: the prevalence of EBRPD, their impact on hospital resources and hospital ecology, one-year survival, and...

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Main Authors: Inbal Weiss Salz, Yehuda Carmeli, Avi Levin, Noga Fallach, Tali Braun, Sharon Amit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-05-01
Series:Israel Journal of Health Policy Research
Subjects:
Geriatrics
Resource utilization
Antibiotic resistance
Mortality
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13584-020-00379-0

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