Key Takeaways

Men had higher mortality and hospitalization rates than women after a dementia diagnosis.

These relationships held even after controlling for age and comorbidity burden.

The study was based on over 5.7 million Medicare patients with up to 8 years of follow-up.

Men had higher mortality and hospitalization rates after a dementia diagnosis compared with women, even after controlling for age and comorbidities, a study of 5.7 million Medicare beneficiaries showed.

Crude 1-year mortality rates were lower for women with incident dementia compared with men (21.8% vs 27.2%, P <0.001). After adjusting for age, race, ethnicity, Medicaid dual eligibility, medical comorbidity burden, and access to healthcare resources, the hazard of death associated with male sex was 1.24 (95% CI 1

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