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Hospital care for people with dementia 2016–17

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Release Date: 22 Aug 2019
Topic: Dementia
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2019) Hospital care for people with dementia 2016–17, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 02 February 2023.

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Dementia is a leading cause of illness and death among Australians. This report shows that in 2016–17:

  • there were about 94,800 hospitalisations of people who had at least 1 diagnosis of dementia
  • the majority (71%) of dementia hospitalisations were of the highest clinical complexity compared with 16% of hospitalisations without a diagnosis of dementia
  • the rate of dementia hospitalisations has decreased by almost a quarter in the last decade.

See related report Dispensing patterns for anti-dementia medications 2016–17

  • ISBN: 978-1-76054-591-8 (Online)
  • Cat. no: AGE 94
  • Pages: 17
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