Risk of Hospitalization in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease and Lewy Body Dementia: Time to and Length of Stay

Abstract

Our data indicates that patients with LBD have shorter time until first admission and higher admission rate than AD patients. This imposes a great burden on patients, their family, and the health care system. More knowledge about hospital admissions of people with dementia is needed. Future studies should investigate strategies to avoid potentially preventable admissions.