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SUBMITTER: Ornstein KA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6215747 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct-Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ornstein Katherine A KA Zhu Carolyn W CW Bollens-Lund Evan E Aldridge Melissa D MD Andrews Howard H Schupf Nicole N Stern Yaakov Y
Alzheimer disease and associated disorders 20181001 4
<h4>Introduction</h4>While individuals live with dementia for many years, utilization and expenditures from disease onset through the end-of-life period have not been examined in ethnically diverse samples.<h4>Methods</h4>We used a multiethnic, population-based, prospective study of cognitive aging (Washington Heights-Inwood Columbia Aging Project) linked to Medicare claims to examine total Medicare expenditures and health care utilization among individuals with clinically diagnosed incident dem ...[more]