Cognitive decline sensitivity by educational level and residential area: A descriptive study using long-term care insurance dementia registration data in South Korea.

ABSTRACT: In South Korea Long-Term Care Insurance (LTCI) system, the special dementia rating (SDR) is a registration grading for dementia patients who do not have a physical disability or functional restrictions and is the first applicable registration following the diagnosis of dementia. We investigated the differences in age of registration of SDR and age of dementia diagnosis according to the educational level and residential area. This was a retrospective, cross-sectional study using the Korean National Health Insurance Service dataset. Applications for SDR between July 2014 and December 2016 were identified for participant selection, and 32,352 patients with dementia were included. Educational levels were defined as follows: the illiterate, only-reading, 1 to 6 years, 6 to 12 years, and ≥12 yea

SUBMITTER: Park D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11309617 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature