1 November 2019

Dementia: comorbidities in patients

Dementia: comorbidities in patients
PHE 1 November 2019
  • Analysis of primary care data relating to other health conditions that patients with dementia live with in England.
  • This briefing document analyses data recorded in a sample of primary care records of patients with dementia, in relation to their other health conditions (comorbidities). It examines whether
    • patients with dementia are more likely to have comorbidities
    • patients with dementia are more likely to have multiple comorbidities
    • different subtypes of dementias lead to different patterns of comorbidities