Case Definition for Diagnosed Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias in Medicare.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Lack of a US dementia surveillance system hinders efforts to support and address disparities among persons living with Alzheimer disease and related dementias (ADRD).

Objective

To review diagnosis and prescription drug code ADRD identification algorithms to develop and implement case definitions for national surveillance.

Design, setting, and participants

In this cross-sectional study, a systematic literature review was conducted to identify unique International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) and prescription drug codes used by researchers to identify ADRD in administrative records. Code frequency of use, characteristics of beneficiaries identified by codes, and expert and author consensus around co

SUBMITTER: Gianattasio KZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11372506 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature