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Prevalence and outcomes of recorded dementia vary by data source: a population cohort study of 133,407 older adults

2026-01-09 geriatric medicine Title + abstract only
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BackgroundDementia diagnoses are captured across multiple routine data sources, but discrepancies between these may affect care and research. This study determined the prevalence and overlap of recorded dementia across primary care, hospital, and community prescribing data sources in a UK regional cohort, and examined whether outcomes differed by the setting in which dementia was first recorded. MethodsRetrospective cohort study of adults [≥]65 years (n=133,407) in a large Scottish health bo...

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