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Diagnosed Prevalence of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias in Medicare Advantage Plans

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    One‐third of Medicare beneficiaries are enrolled in Medicare Advantage (MA). Yet, little is known about MA beneficiaries diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and AD‐related dementias (AD/ADRD). We calculated the prevalence of AD/ADRD diagnoses in 2014 and 2016 in three MA plans. We determined the demographic characteristics of beneficiaries diagnosed with AD/ADRD, and whether they disenrolled from the MA plan for any reason within 364 days from the index date.

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    Eric Jutkowitz, Julie P. W. Bynum, Susan L. Mitchell, Noelle M. Cocoros, Oren Shapira, Kevin Haynes, Vinit P. Nair, Cheryl N. McMahill‐Walraven, Richard Platt, Ellen P. McCarthy