The effect of socioeconomic status on mortality among Alzheimer's disease patients: A nationwide population-based cohort study in Korea.

ABSTRACT: To investigate the effects of household income level on all-cause mortality in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Data was obtained from 7,937 participants in the Korean National Health Insurance cohort who was newly diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease using the anti-dementia medication between 2003 and 2013. All individuals were followed-up until December 2013 or death, whichever came first. Individual income was estimated from the national health insurance premium. Information on mortality was obtained from the Korean National Statistical Office. Cox proportional hazard models were used to compare mortality rates between different income groups after adjusting for possible confounding risk factors. Of 7937 participants, 2292 AD patients (28.9%) died. Those with low, middle-low, middl

SUBMITTER: Choi Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9333517 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature