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Does Medicare Coverage Improve Cancer Detection and Mortality Outcomes?
This study provides the first evidence to our knowledge that near-universal access to Medicare at age 65 is associated with improvements in population-level cancer mortality, and provides new evidence on the differences in the impact of health insurance by gender.
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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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Vast Majority of Dementia Patients Don’t Receive Specialty Diagnosis and Care, Study Finds
Researchers found the use of dementia specialty care is particularly low for Hispanics and Asians.
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Analysis of Dementia in the U.S. Population Using Medicare Claims: Insights From Linked Survey and Administrative Claims Data
Insufficient understanding of the completeness of dementia diagnosis and for whom in Medicare claims data limits their use. This study analyzes prevalence and incidence of dementia in survey and claims data to understand differences.
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Sex, Race, and Age Differences in Prevalence of Dementia in Medicare Claims and Survey Data
This study provides the first comparison of trends in dementia prevalence in the U.S. population using 3 different dementia ascertainments/data sources. They found there are still substantial differences across measures in dementia prevalence among Blacks and Hispanics.
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Measures and Models for Longevity and Aging: The Burden of Mortality from COVID-19
Ho suggests that researchers need to recognize the strengths and limitations of data produced from life expectancy models in the short-term, and also appreciate the crucial role such models will play in understanding the evolution of population health in the long term.
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Does Medicare Coverage Improve Cancer Detection and Mortality Outcomes?
This study provides the first evidence to our knowledge that near‐universal access to Medicare at age 65 is associated with improvements in population‐level cancer mortality.
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The Association Between Spousal Education and Cognitive Ability among Older Mexican Adults
Education and cognitive ability were correlated within couples. Higher spousal education was associated with better cognitive ability.
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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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Material–Psychosocial–Behavioral Aspects of Financial Hardship: A Conceptual Model for Cancer Prevention
RCMAR Scientist Reginald Tucker-Seeley presents a model to consistently measure financial hardship to better inform cancer prevention research identify connections between socioeconomic circumstances and cancer risk-related behaviors and cancer screening among older adults.