Table of contents

  • Summary
  • Key findings
  • 1 Introduction
    • How does dementia affect health service use?
    • Study aims
    • Report structure
  • 2 Methods
  • 3 Profile of study populations
  • 4 Overview of health service usage
    • 4.1 Health service usage in the last year of life
  • 5 General practitioner and specialist services
    • 5.1 General practitioner services
    • 5.2 Specialist services
  • 6 Prescriptions dispensed
  • 7 Hospital services
    • 7.1 Hospitalisations
    • 7.2 Emergency department presentations
  • 8 Health service use in people with younger-onset dementia
    • 8.1 Younger-onset dementia profile
    • 8.2 Health service usage in last year of life
  • 9 Discussion
    • 9.1 Key findings
    • 9.2 Strengths, data gaps and future directions
  • Appendix A: Detailed methods
    • National Data Linkage Demonstration Project Database
    • Classification of dementia
  • Appendix B: Additional tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • References
  • List of tables
  • List of figures
  • Related publications