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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Reduce the proportion of preventable hospitalizations in older adults with dementia — DIA‑02 Data

Status: Baseline only

  Baseline only
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Most Recent Data:
23.5 percent (2013-15)

Target:
19.1 percent

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
23.5 percent of hospitalizations in adults aged 65 years and over with diagnosed Alzheimer's disease and other dementias were preventable in 2013-15

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Preventable hospitalizations among persons with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, 2013-15 ◊
(percent)
Decrease desired

Population 2013-15
Total
23.5