Identifying patterns of potentially preventable hospitalisations in people living with dementia

• Main Authors: Lidia Engel (Author), Kerry Hwang (Author), Anita Panayiotou (Author), Jennifer J. Watts (Author), Cathrine Mihalopoulos (Author), Jeromey Temple (Author), Frances Batchelor (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Older Australians make up 46% of all potentially preventable hospitalisations (PPHs) and people living with dementia are at significantly greater risk. While policy reforms aim to reduce PPHs, there is currently little evidence available on what drives this, especially for people...