Association of anxiety symptoms with health care use and costs in people aged 85 and over.
Johanna Katharina HohlsHans-Helmut KönigHendrik van den BusscheMarion EiseleBirgitt WieseAnke OeySiegfried WeyererJochen WerleAngela FuchsMichael PentzekJanine SteinSusanne RöhrEdelgard MöschHorst BickelKathrin HeserLisa MiebachMartin SchererWolfgang MaierSteffi G Riedel-HellerAndré HajekPublished in: International journal of geriatric psychiatry (2019)
In a sample of people of the oldest-old age group, the severity of anxiety symptoms was not associated with health care use or costs, when adjusting for relevant covariates. A longitudinal analysis could assess whether a change in anxiety symptom severity is associated with health care use or costs in old age.