Temporal Trends and Rural-Urban Differences in Hospital Length of Stay for Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-1-2017
Publication Title
Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders
DOI
10.1097/WAD.0000000000000183
ISSN
1546-4156
Abstract
Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess rural-urban differences and temporal trends in length of inpatient stay among patients diagnosed with Alzheimer disease and related dementia (ADRD).
Materials and Methods: The study sample comprised 27,313 ADRD and 27,313 matched non-ADRD inpatient discharges from Nebraska hospitals from 2005 to 2011. Descriptive statistics and multivariable regression models were used to assess rural-urban variations and temporal trends in length of stay (LOS).
Results: LOS was found to be similar for ADRD and non–ADRD-related hospitalizations. No rural-urban differences in LOS were observed for ADRD-related hospitalizations. However, there was a temporal decline in LOS for ADRD-related hospitalizations.
Conclusions: LOS for ADRD-related hospitalizations was found to be influenced mostly by patient-level demographic and clinical factors. Hospital-level factors were not associated with LOS.
Recommended Citation
Opoku, Samuel T., Bettye A. Apenteng, Ge Lin.
2017.
"Temporal Trends and Rural-Urban Differences in Hospital Length of Stay for Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders."
Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders, 31 (3): 244-248.
doi: 10.1097/WAD.0000000000000183
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/hpmb-facpubs/32
