Annual Wellness Visits and Early Dementia Diagnosis Among Medicare Beneficiaries.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Early recognition of cognitive impairment is key to optimal dementia care. No previous research has examined the probability of developing mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or Alzheimer disease and related dementias (ADRD) at 5-year follow-up among older adult Medicare beneficiaries by receipt of an annual wellness visit (AWV).

Objective

To assess the association of incident AWV with the first ADRD or MCI diagnosis among older adults with Medicare fee-for-service benefits.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective population-based cohort study used 100% Texas fee-for-service Medicare data from 2015 to 2022. Participants comprised 549 516 community-dwelling Medicare beneficiaries aged 68 years or older in 2018, with complete Medicare fee-for-service

SUBMITTER: Tzeng HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11581498 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature