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Cognitive Impairment and Prevalence of Memory-Related Diagnoses among U.S. Older Adults
Cognitive impairment creates significant challenges to health and well-being of the fast-growing aging population. Early recognition of cognitive impairment may confer important advantages, allowing for diagnosis and appropriate treatment, education, psychosocial support, and improved decision-making regarding life planning, health care, and financial matters. Yet the prevalence of memory-related diagnoses among older adults with early symptoms of cognitive impairment is unknown. Using 2000-2014 Health and Retirement Survey - Medicare linked data, we leveraged within-individual variation in a longitudinal cohort design to examine the relationship between incident cognitive impairment and receipt of diagnosis among American older adults. Receipt of a memory-related diagnosis was determined by ICD-9-CM codes. Incident cognitive impairment was assessed using the modified Telephone Interview of Cognitive Status (TICS). We found overall low prevalence of early memory-related diagnosis, or high rate of underdiagnosis, among older adults showing symptoms of cognitive impairment, especially among non-whites and socioeconomically disadvantaged subgroups. Our findings call for targeted interventions to improve the rate of early diagnosis, especially among vulnerable populations.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 14098
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Wirtschaft
Analysis of Health Care Markets
Health and Inequality
Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-labor Market Discrimination
Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Household Analysis: General
- Subject
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cognitive impairment
cognitive aging
dementia
Medicare
memory-related diagnosis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Qian, Yuting
Chen, Xi
Tang, Diwen
Kelley, Amy S.
Li, Jing
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
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Bonn
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2021
- Handle
- Last update
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16.01.2025, 11:44 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Qian, Yuting
- Chen, Xi
- Tang, Diwen
- Kelley, Amy S.
- Li, Jing
- Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Time of origin
- 2021
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