Patterns of emergency department visits prior to dementia or cognitive impairment diagnosis: An opportunity for dementia detection?

Affiliations

• ¹ Center of Innovation to Accelerate Discovery and Practice Transformation, Durham VAMC, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
• ² Emergency Medicine, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
• ³ Department of Emergency Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
• ⁴ VA Connecticut, West Haven, Connecticut, USA.
• ⁵ Department of Internal Medicine, Primary Care, James J. Peters VAMC, Bronx, New York, USA.
• ⁶ Department of Internal Medicine, Geriatrics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
• ⁷ Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, James J. Peters VAMC, Bronx, New York, USA.
• ⁸ Long Term Service and Support Center of Innovation, VA Providence Healthcare System, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
• ⁹ Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
• ¹⁰ Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Care, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.
• ¹¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, NYU Langone Health, New York, New York, USA.