Hospital care for people with dementia 2016–17

Dementia is a leading cause of illness and death among Australians. This report shows that in 2016–17:

• there were about 94,800 hospitalisations of people who had at least 1 diagnosis of dementia
• the majority (71%) of dementia hospitalisations were of the highest clinical complexity compared with 16% of hospitalisations without a diagnosis of dementia
• the rate of dementia hospitalisations has decreased by almost a quarter in the last decade.

See related report Dispensing patterns for anti-dementia medications 2016–17