Effects of Alzheimer's Disease in the Prediagnosis Period on Financial Outcomes

Abstract

The goal of this research is to understand how Alzheimer's Disease (AD)--before it is diagnosable using currently availability tools affects the financial well-being of the individuals and families of those it afflicts. We are conducting analyses of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) data linked to Medicare claims data. The HRS includes longitudinal information on financial outcomes for a large panel of U.S. adults over age 50. Linking the HRS to Medicare claims data enables us to identify individuals who were diagnosed with AD by a physician and their date of diagnosis, so that we can look backward over time at the vulnerable period prior to diagnosis. In Year 1 of our project, we constructed the merged data; derived key dependent and independent variables and calculated descriptive statistics; and performed initial analyses of the effect of AD on financial outcomes. In the next phase of the project, we will refine and finalize our analyses and disseminate our results.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2017
Accession Number
AD1046541

Entities

People

  • Carole R. Gresenz

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Alzheimer Disease
  • Carcinoma
  • Data Analysis
  • Dementia
  • Descriptive Analytics
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Families (Human)
  • Head Of Household
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Information Science
  • Institutional Review Board
  • Medical Personnel
  • Medicare
  • Prostate Cancer
  • Statistics

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