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Newest in this topic

  1. The Contribution of Routinely Collected Clinical Data to Dementia Identification in Primary Care: A Cross-Sectional Study 2026-10-28
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  3. Prognostic heterogeneity within cognitive stages: a nationwide cohort study of everyday functional difficulties and mortality in 202,508 older adults 2026-10-23

Studies

265 studies carry this tag.

Date range

1989 to 2026

Top journals

  • Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 38
  • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 21
  • medRxiv 19
  • Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 15
  • Research Square 15

104 journals in all.

Newest first, then by address. Each study has a usefulness score out of 100 (rubric version 4.0); tap a score to see what makes it up. Tags were assigned automatically from each study's title and summary. The same studies as a filter in the library.

  1. Annual Incidence of Alzheimer Disease in the United States Projected to the Years 2000 Through 2050

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders 2001-10-01 Risk factors

    Alzheimer disease will affect increasing numbers of people as baby boomers (persons born between 1946 and 1964) age.

  2. This is the first report of incidence rate differences for dementia and AD in studies of 2 populations from nonindustrialized and industrialized countries using identical methods and the same group of investigators in both sites.

  3. The detection of dementia in the primary care setting

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Archives of internal medicine 2000-10-01 Disparities

    Dementia is often unrecognized and undocumented in private practice settings.

  4. Prospective and retrospective memory in normal ageing and dementia: a questionnaire study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Memory (Hove, England) 2000-09-01 Caregiving

    Frequency of prospective memory and retrospective memory failures was rated on a 16-item questionnaire by 862 volunteers, from five groups: patients with Alzheimer Disease (rated by carers), carers of Alzheimer Disease patients, elderly, young, and a group of married couples.

  5. How much do persons with Alzheimer's disease cost Medicare?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2000-06-01 Digital health tools

    The average total cost to Medicare of persons with a claims-based diagnosis of AD was $6021 versus $2310 (P < .001) for persons without a diagnosis.

  6. Misclassification and selection bias when identifying Alzheimer's disease solely from Medicare claims records

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 62 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 1999-02-01 Digital health tools

    Underclassification of dementia from claims records can be partially remedied by increasing the period during which claims are compiled, but additional diagnostic sources will likely be needed to increase prevalence counts closer to 100% of true cases.

  7. Education and other measures of socioeconomic status and risk of incident Alzheimer disease in a defined population of older persons

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Archives of neurology 1997-11-01 Disparities

    Markers of lower socioeconomic status predict risk of developing incident AD.

  8. Predictors of mortality in patients diagnosed with probable Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. Neurology 1996-08-01 Risk factors

    Short-term mortality is increased in patients newly diagnosed with probable AD.

  9. Prevalence of Alzheimer's disease and dementia in two communities: Nigerian Africans and African Americans

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. The American journal of psychiatry 1995-10-01 Health systems and care delivery

    The age-adjusted prevalence rates of dementia (2.29%) and Alzheimer's disease (1.41%) in the Ibadan sample were significantly lower than those in the Indianapolis sample, both in the community-dwelling subjects alone (4.82% and 3.69%, respectively) and in the combined nursing home and community samples (8.24% and 6.24%, respectively).

  10. Transitions in long-term care

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. The Gerontologist 1995-04 Health systems and care delivery

    This article examines transitions between the community and nursing homes among the private pay and the Medicaid eligible older (65+) persons.

  11. The Canadian Study of Health and Aging: risk factors for Alzheimer's disease in Canada

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. Neurology 1994-11-01 Risk factors

    This study confirmed a number of previously reported risk factors for AD, but provided little support for others.

  12. The economic burden of Alzheimer's disease care

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Health affairs (Project Hope) 1993-01-01 Caregiving

    This study examines total formal and informal care costs attributable to Alzheimer's disease for persons living in the community and in institutions.

  13. Out of pocket expenditures by family caregivers of dementia patients residing in the community

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Home health care services quarterly 1991 Costs and economics

    Out of pocket expenditures by families (N = 182) of relatives with dementia residing in the community were examined.

  14. The aging of America. Impact on health care costs

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. JAMA 1990-05-01 Health systems and care delivery

    The rapid growth of the oldest age groups will have a major impact on future health care costs.

  15. Prevalence of Alzheimer's Disease in a Community Population of Older Persons

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. JAMA 1989-11-10 How common it is

    Clinically diagnosed Alzheimer's disease and other dementing illnesses were assessed in a geographically defined US community.

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