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Incremental medical cost of delirium in elderly patients with cognitive impairment: analysis of a nationwide administrative database in Japan

OBJECTIVES: Delirium is a neuropsychiatric disorder that commonly occurs in elderly patients with cognitive impairment. The economic burden of delirium in Japan has not been well characterised. In this study, we assessed incremental medical costs of delirium in hospitalised elderly Japanese patients...

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Autores principales: Igarashi, Masakazu, Okuyama, Kotoba, Ueda, Naoya, Sano, Hideki, Takahashi, Kanae, P Qureshi, Zaina, Tokita, Shigeru, Ogawa, Asao, Okumura, Yasuyuki, Okuda, Shoki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9756163/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36521906
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062141