Disproportionate increases in schizophrenia diagnoses among Black nursing home residents with ADRD.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous research demonstrated an increase in the reporting of schizophrenia diagnoses among nursing home (NH) residents after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care. Given known health and healthcare disparities among Black NH residents, we examined how race and Alzheimer's and related dementia (ADRD) status influenced the rate of schizophrenia diagnoses among NH residents following the partnership.

Methods

We used a quasi-experimental difference-in-differences design to study the quarterly prevalence of schizophrenia among US long-stay NH residents aged 65 years and older, by Black race and ADRD status. Using 2011-2015 Minimum Data Set 3.0 assessments, our analysis controlled for age, sex, measures of function

SUBMITTER: Fashaw-Walters SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8648979 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature