Mortality and Institutionalization After a Potentially Preventable Hospitalization Among People with Dementia

Abstract

Potentially preventable hospitalizations (PPHs) are costly and harmful to all older adults. There is a paucity of evidence on adverse health events of PPH among patients with dementia. We examined the effect of any PPH in 2018 on mortality and long-term institutionalization in 2019 among Medicare beneficiaries with dementia.