Racial and ethnic differences in disease course Medicare expenditures for beneficiaries with dementia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Research on racial and ethnic disparities in costs of care during the course of dementia is sparse. We analyzed Medicare expenditures for beneficiaries with dementia to identify when during the course of care costs are the highest and whether they differ by race and ethnicity.

Methods

We analyzed data from the 2000-2016 Health and Retirement Study (HRS) linked with corresponding Medicare claims to estimate total Medicare expenditures for four phases: (1) the year before a dementia diagnosis, (2) the first year following a dementia diagnosis, (3) ongoing care for dementia after the first year, and (4) the last year of life. We estimated each patient's phase-specific and disease course Medicare expenditures by using a race-specific survival model and monthly expendi

SUBMITTER: Olchanski N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11018481 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature