Disaggregating the dementia monolith: An analysis of variation in Medicare costs and use by dementia subtype.

Sonal Parasrampuria¹, Elvedin Bijelic¹, David M Bott¹, Julia Driessen¹, Michael J Lipp², Shari M Ling³

¹The Innovation Center, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

²Quartet Health, New York, New York, USA.

³Center for Clinical Standards & Quality, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

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Abstract

IMPORTANCE: With an aging population, it is necessary to systematically examine variation in costs and use of Medicare services by dementia subtype. We provide the first national estimates for dementia by subtype, and the respective Medicare costs and use. METHODS: We analyzed Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) claims from 2017 through 2019. The sample included 41 million beneficiaries: 727,700 benef…

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