Medicare Advantage Enrollment and Disenrollment Among Persons With Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Large enrollment growth has been observed in the Medicare Advantage program, but less is known about enrollment patterns among persons with Alzheimer disease and related dementias (ADRD).

Objective

To evaluate patterns in Medicare Advantage enrollment and disenrollment among beneficiaries with or without ADRD.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study used 6 national data sources between January 1, 2011, and December 31, 2018. Analyses were performed between June 2021 and August 2022. The cohort comprised US Medicare beneficiaries with acute or postacute care utilization between 2013 and 2018.

Exposure

ADRD diagnosis from an acute or postacute care encounter Medicare data source.

Main outcomes and measures

Enrollment in Medi

SUBMITTER: James HO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10504614 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature