Table 4 Top 10 Reasons for Inpatient Admission by Cohort
From: Healthcare costs and utilization for Medicare beneficiaries with Alzheimer's
| Â | AD | Control | Odds Ratio* |
|---|---|---|---|
|  | Rate per 10,000 (Rank within cohort)†|  | |
Other and unspecified pneumonia | 229 (1) | 133 (2) | 1.50‡ |
Femoral (hip) fracture | 209 (2) | 88 (4) | 2.32‡ |
Cystitis, other urinary tract infections | 161 (3) | 42 (13) | 3.46‡ |
Heart failure | 150 (4) | 158 (1) | 0.78‡ |
Cerebral degeneration/Alzheimer's disease | 142 (5) | - | infinite |
Disorders of fluid/electrolyte/acid-base balance, e.g., dehydration | 118 (6) | 49 (11) | 2.16‡ |
Septicemia (blood poisoning)/shock | 118 (7) | 14 (39) | 2.77‡ |
Syncope and collapse | 100 (8) | 33 (30) | 2.85‡ |
Aspiration pneumonia | 100 (9) | 18 (16) | 5.36‡ |
Pre-cerebral or cerebral arterial occlusion with infarction | 84 (10) | 48 (12) | 1.74‡ |
Coronary atherosclerosis and other chronic ischemic heart disease (CAD) | 70 (13) | 111 (3) | 0.53‡ |
Acute myocardial infarction, initial episode of care | 83 (11) | 81 (5) | 0.92 |
Atrial arrhythmia | 56 (16) | 62 (6) | 0.83 |
Osteoarthritis of lower leg (knee) | 27 (29) | 62 (7) | 0.39‡ |
Emphysema/chronic bronchitis, 18+ | 65 (14) | 55 (8) | 1.02 |
Gastrointestinal hemorrhage, except peptic ulcer and anal/rectal | 78 (12) | 55 (9) | 1.22‡ |
Chest pain | 54 (17) | 50 (10) | 0.94 |
Any inpatient admission | 3,796 | 2,408 | 1.55‡ |