Open AccessHospitalizations and Mortality of Individuals with Dementia: Evidence from Czech National Registers
Author(s) -
Hana M. Broulíková,
Markéta Arltová,
Marie Kuklová,
Tomáš Formánek,
Pavla Čermáková
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of alzheimer's disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.677
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1875-8908
pISSN - 1387-2877
DOI - 10.3233/jad-191117
Subject(s) - dementia , hazard ratio , medicine , confidence interval , vascular dementia , czech , context (archaeology) , population , proportional hazards model , standardized mortality ratio , mortality rate , demography , gerontology , disease , environmental health , geography , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , sociology
Facing an increasing prevalence of dementia, the Czech Republic is developing a new nationwide strategy for the management and prevention of dementia. Lack of evidence about characteristics of individuals with dementia in the country is a major obstacle.