Impact of dementia on hospitalization.

Background: The purpose of this study was to analyze and determine the prevalence and clinical characteristics of hospitalized dementia patients compared with nondemented patients.

Methods: We examined hospital discharge database records dated 1998-2003 from public hospitals in Andalusia, Spain. We used ICD-9-CM codes to identify patients with dementia.

A study of hospital discharges for venous thromboembolism in the south of Spain. An analysis of 19,170 cases from a regional database from 1998 to 2001.

Background: Our objective was to learn about the incidence of hospitalization for venous thromboembolism (VTE) in the public health care system in Andalusia and to define the profile of the patients, with special reference to the Department of Internal Medicine.

Methods: We analyzed the discharged data set of 32 hospitals in the Andalusian Health Care Service between 1998 and 2001, identifying the cases in whom the diagnosis was VTE. The age, sex, length of stay, outcome, number of diagnoses, diagnosis-related group (DRG), and coded procedures were studied.