MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT AS A PREDICTOR OF HOSPITAL UTILIZATION AND READMISSIONS

Although frequent hospitalization and unplanned hospital readmissions are considered a marker of poor quality care for older adults, healthcare studies have neglected mild cognitive impairment (MCI) as a potential contributor to high cost utilization. This study explored whether a) older adults classified with MCI experience increased rates of index hospitalization compared to those with normal cognition; b) those with MCI are at greater risk of 30-day readmission to the hospital compared with older adults with normal cognition; and c) living with a proxy modifies the effect of MCI on hospital utilization.

Grantor dc:publisher

Wake Forest University

Year dc:date.issued

2014

Author dc:creator

• Callahan, Kathryn E.

• cognitive impairment

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10339/39258

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:wakespace.lib.wfu.edu:10339/39258