Attributable Cost of Dementia: Demonstrating Pitfalls of Ignoring Multiple Health Care System Utilization.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine dementia prevalence and costs attributable to dementia using Veterans Health Administration (VHA) data with and without Medicare data.

Data sources

VHA inpatient, outpatient, purchased care and other data and Medicare enrollment, claims, and assessments in fiscal year (FY) 2013.

Study design

Analyses were conducted with VHA data alone and with combined VHA and Medicare data. Dementia was identified from a VHA sanctioned list of ICD-9 diagnoses. Attributable cost of dementia was estimated using recycled predictions.

Data collection

Veterans age 65 and older who used VHA and were enrolled in Traditional Medicare in FY 2013 (1.9 million).

Principal findings

VHA records indicated the prevalence of dementia in FY 2013 was 4.8 percent w

SUBMITTER: Lei L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6235812 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature