Prevalence of dementia of insured persons with and without German citizenship : A study based on statuatory health insurance data

Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz
Stephanie StockKristina Lorrek

Abstract

Elderly people with a non-German background are a fast growing population in Germany. Is administrative prevalence of dementia and uptake of nursing-home care similar in the German and non-German insured? Based on routine data, administrative prevalence rates for dementia were calculated for 2013 from a full census of data from one large sickness fund. Patients with dementia (PWD) were identified via ICD-10 codes (F00; F01; F03; F05; G30). Administrative prevalence of dementia was 2.67% in the study population; 3.06% in Germans, and 0.96% in non-Germans (p value <0.001). Age and sex adjusted prevalence was comparable in the insured with and without German citizenship, except in women aged 80-84 (17.2 vs. 15.4) and for men in the age groups 80-84 (16.5 vs. 14.2), 85-89 years (23.4 vs. 21.5), and above 90 years of age (32.3 vs. 26.3). Standardized to the population of all investigated insured, 31.4% of all Germans with dementia had no longterm care entitlement vs. 35.5% of all patients without German citizenship. Of German patients, 55.1% were institutionalized vs. 39.5% of all patients without German citizenship. There was a higher prevalence of dementia in the very old insured without German citizenship compared to those with G...Continue Reading

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