Time to dementia diagnosis by race: A retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Non-Hispanic Black individuals may be less likely to receive a diagnosis of dementia compared to non-Hispanic White individuals. These findings raise important questions regarding which factors may explain this observed association and any differences in the time to which disparities emerge following dementia onset.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective cohort study using survey data from the 1995 to 2016 Health and Retirement Study linked with Medicare fee-for-service claims. Using the Hurd algorithm (a regression-based approach), we identified dementia onset among older adult respondents (age ≥65 years) from the Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status and proxy respondents. We determined date from dementia onset to diagnosis using Medicare data up to 3 years fol

SUBMITTER: Davis MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9669160 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature