Patricia Ferido

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Patricia Ferido is a senior research programmer at the USC Schaeffer Center. Prior to joining the Schaeffer Center, she worked as an economics litigation consultant specializing in the analysis of labor data for wage and hour litigation. She holds a BA in Economics and a BA in International Development Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles, and is currently enrolled in USC’s Masters in Public Policy Data Science program.

Recent Work

How Sick Is My Cohort of Patients? A General Approach to Identify Chronic Conditions

This presentation discusses a SAS(r) macro that applies Chronic Conditions Warehouse-like rules to any data set either from insurance claims, or electronic health records (EHR) containing a full picture of diagnoses and procedures from patient medical visits.
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Pharmaceutical Treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias: Utilization and Disparities

The use of antidementia drugs is relatively low and varies widely by race/ethnicity.
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Measuring Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias in Diverse Populations Using Medicare Claims Data

The researchers examined how methods used for identifying dementia in administrative claims affected dementia incidence across racial/ethnic populations using a 100% sample of Medicare beneficiaries.
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Longitudinal Analysis of Dementia Diagnosis and Specialty Care Among Racially Diverse Medicare Beneficiaries

The burden of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias is rapidly growing. Researchers found vast majority of dementia patients don’t receive specialty diagnosis and care.
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Recent Work

How Sick Is My Cohort of Patients? A General Approach to Identify Chronic Conditions

Pharmaceutical Treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias: Utilization and Disparities

Measuring Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias in Diverse Populations Using Medicare Claims Data

Longitudinal Analysis of Dementia Diagnosis and Specialty Care Among Racially Diverse Medicare Beneficiaries