Genevieve Arsenault-Lapierre, Tammy Bui, Claire Godard-Sebillotte, Nia Kang, Nadia Sourial, Louis Rochette, Victoria Massamba, Amélie Quesnel-Vallée, Isabelle Vedel
Objectives: Describe sex differences in healthcare utilization and mortality in persons with new dementia in Quebec, Canada. Methods: We conducted a repeated cohort study from 2000 to 2017 using health administrative databases. Community-dwelling persons aged 65+ with a new diagnosis of dementia were included. We measured 23 indicators of healthcare use across five care settings: ambulatory care, pharmacological care, acute hospital care, long-term care, and mortality. Clinically meaningful sex differences in age-standardized rates were determined graphically through expert consultations...
March 30, 2024: Journal of Aging and Health