Background: The growing burden associated with population aging, dementia and
multimorbidity poses potential challenges for the sustainability of health systems worldwide …

Background: Little is known about how multimorbidity, dementia and increasing age
combine to influence health outcomes or utilization. Our objective was to examine the joint …

Objective: This study examined the extent to which chronic comorbidities contribute to
excess health care expenditures between older adults with dementia and propensity score …

Background Most studies that examine comorbidity and its impact on health service
utilization focus on a single index-condition and are published in disease-specific journals …

Background Patients with dementia have increased healthcare utilization and often have
comorbid chronic conditions. It is not clear if the increase in utilization is driven by dementia …

Background: Few studies have examined how dementia and comorbidities may interact to
affect healthcare expenditures. Objective: To examine whether effects of dementia severity …

Objectives To provide insight into the health and social care costs during the disease
trajectory in persons with dementia and the impact of institutionalization and death on …

Ageing is assumed to be accompanied by greater health care expenditures but the
association is also viewed as a 'red herring'. This study aimed to evaluate whether age is …

Purpose: On average, adults aged 60 years or older have 2.2 chronic diseases, contributing
to the over 60 million Americans with multiple morbidities. We aimed to understand the …

Background Although overall health and social care expenditures among persons with
dementia are larger than for other diseases, the resource and cost implications of a …