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What lies beneath: a retrospective, population-based cohort study investigating clinical and resource-use characteristics of institutionalized older people in Catalonia.


ABSTRACT:

Background

Planning population care in a specific health care setting requires deep knowledge of the clinical characteristics of the target care recipients, which tend to be country specific. Our area virtually lacks any descriptive, far-reaching publications about institutionalized older people (IOP). We aimed to investigate the demographic and clinical characteristics of institutionalized older people (IOP) ?65?years old and compare them with those of the rest of the population of the same age.

Methods

Retrospective analysis (total cohort approach) of clinical and resource-use characteristics of IOP and non-IOP older than 65?years in Catalonia (North-East Spain). Variables analysed included age and sex, diagnoses, morbidity burden-using Adjusted Morbidity Groups (GMA, Grupos de Morbilidad Ajustada)-, mortality, use of resources, and medications taken. All data were obtained from the administrative database of the local healthcare system.

Results

This study included 93,038, 78,458, 68,545 and 67,456 IOP from 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017, respectively. In this interval, an increase in median age (83 vs. 87?years), in women (68.64% vs. 72.11%) and in annual mortality (11.74% vs. 20.46%) was observed. Compared with non-IOP (p?ConclusionsThere is a growing gap between the clinical and demographic characteristics of age-matched IOP and non-IOP, which overlaps with a higher mortality rate of IOP. The profile of resources utilization of IOP compared with non-IOP strongly suggests a deficiency of preventive actions and stresses the need to rethink the care model for IOP from a social and health care perspective.

SUBMITTER: Amblas-Novellas J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7265641 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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What lies beneath: a retrospective, population-based cohort study investigating clinical and resource-use characteristics of institutionalized older people in Catalonia.

Amblàs-Novellas Jordi J   Santaeugènia Sebastià J SJ   Vela Emili E   Clèries Montse M   Contel Joan C JC  

BMC geriatrics 20200602 1


<h4>Background</h4>Planning population care in a specific health care setting requires deep knowledge of the clinical characteristics of the target care recipients, which tend to be country specific. Our area virtually lacks any descriptive, far-reaching publications about institutionalized older people (IOP). We aimed to investigate the demographic and clinical characteristics of institutionalized older people (IOP) ≥65 years old and compare them with those of the rest of the population of the  ...[more]

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