Financial Presentation of Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Alzheimer disease and related dementias (ADRD), currently incurable neurodegenerative diseases, can threaten patients' financial status owing to memory deficits and changes in risk perception. Deteriorating financial capabilities are among the earliest signs of cognitive decline, but the frequency and extent of adverse financial events before and after diagnosis have not been characterized.

Objectives

To describe the financial presentation of ADRD using administrative credit data.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective secondary data analysis of consumer credit report outcomes from 1999 to 2018 linked to Medicare claims data included 81 364 Medicare beneficiaries living in single-person households.

Exposures

Occurrence of adverse financ

SUBMITTER: Nicholas LH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7851732 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature