Prevalence of dementia diagnoses in a safety net health system.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Older adults from minoritized and socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds commonly receive health care in safety net health settings and may be at high risk of dementia. We assessed the prevalence of diagnosed dementia in a large safety net health system.

Methods

International Classification of Disease 10th Revision codes were used to classify presence of dementia for 147,689 older adults with at least one ambulatory encounter in 2019 using electronic health record data. Prevalence was calculated for the sample overall and by age cohort, sex, and race/ethnicity.

Results

Diagnosed dementia prevalence was 0.3% for adults 50 to 64 and 3.0% for adults aged ≥ 65. Adults with diagnosed dementia were older, less likely to speak English, and had more medical

SUBMITTER: Joe E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12019300 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature