Health Care Utilization and Cost Outcomes of a Comprehensive Dementia Care Program for Medicare Beneficiaries.

ABSTRACT: Importance:An estimated 4 to 5 million Americans have Alzheimer disease or another dementia. Objective:To determine the health care utilization and cost outcomes of a comprehensive dementia care program for Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries. Design, Setting, and Participants:In this case-control study, we used a quasiexperimental design to compare health care utilization and costs for 1083 Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries enrolled in the University of California Los Angeles Health System Alzheimer and Dementia Care program between July 1, 2012, and December 31, 2015, with those of 2166 similar patients with dementia not participating in the program. Patients in the comparison cohort were selected using the zip code of residence as a sampling frame and matched with propensity sco

SUBMITTER: Jennings LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6439653 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature