Delirium and incident dementia in hospital patients in New South Wales, Australia: retrospective cohort study

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Delirium and incident dementia in hospital patients in New South Wales, Australia: retrospective cohort study

Objectives To determine the strength and nature of the association between delirium and incident dementia in a population of older adult patients without dementia at baseline. Design Retrospective cohort study using large scale hospital administrative data. Setting Public and private hospitals in New South Wales, Australia between July 2001 and March 2020. Participants Data were extracted for 650 590 hospital patients aged ≥65 years. Diagnoses o…