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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
  2. Racial Differences and Temporal Trends in Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s Disease-Related 2026-10-24
  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.

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  1. Epidemiological and economic burden of Alzheimer's disease: a systematic literature review of data across Europe and the United States of America

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2015-01-01 Costs and economics

    This review corroborates previous understanding that AD burden is high for both society and healthcare providers.

  2. The Value of Delaying Alzheimer's Disease Onset

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Forum for health economics & policy 2014-11-04 Caregiving

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) extracts a heavy societal toll.

  3. Fracture as an independent risk factor of dementia: a nationwide population-based cohort study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. Medicine 2014-11-01 Digital health tools

    Dementia is among various diseases affecting the elderly, who is also at a high risk for fractures.

  4. Short-term trends in dementia prevalence in Germany between the years 2007 and 2009

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2014-10-07 Digital health tools

    Recent studies have been cautiously optimistic about declining trends in dementia prevalence and incidence.

  5. Multimorbidity and long-term care dependency--a five-year follow-up

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 60 out of 100. BMC geriatrics 2014-05-28 Digital health tools

    The results should form the basis for future health policy decisions on the treatment of patients with multiple chronic diseases and also show the need to introduce new ways of providing long-term care to this population.

  6. Alzheimer's disease in African Americans: risk factors and challenges for the future

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Health affairs (Project Hope) 2014-04-01 Disparities

    As the US elderly population continues to expand rapidly, Alzheimer's disease poses a major and increasing public health challenge, and older African Americans may be disproportionately burdened by the disease.

  7. Healthy Aging Brain Center improved care coordination and produced net savings

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Health affairs (Project Hope) 2014-04 Health systems and care delivery

    Over the past two decades the collaborative care model within primary care has proved to be effective in improving care quality, efficiency, and outcomes for older adults suffering from dementia and depression.

  8. Hospital and ED use among Medicare beneficiaries with dementia varies by setting and proximity to death

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Health affairs (Project Hope) 2014-04-01 Costs and economics

    Hospitalizations and emergency department (ED) visits for people with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders are of particular concern because many of these patients are physically and mentally frail, and the care delivered in these settings is costly.

  9. Comorbidity of dementia: a cross-sectional study of primary care older patients

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 62 out of 100. BMC psychiatry 2014-03-20 Brain scans and imaging

    The analysis of the comorbidities associated with an index disease (e.g., dementia) must not be exclusively based on prevalence rates, but rather on methodologies that allow the discovery of non-random associations between diseases.

  10. Prevalence of dementia in nursing home and community-dwelling older adults in Germany

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Aging clinical and experimental research 2014-03-20 Digital health tools

    More than half of nursing home residents suffer from dementia, which is about 19-fold higher than the prevalence in insured living in the community.

  11. Association of dementia with early rehospitalization among Medicare beneficiaries

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. Archives of gerontology and geriatrics 2014-03-11 Digital health tools

    Preventable hospital readmissions have been recognized as indicators of hospital quality, a source of increased healthcare expenditures, and a burden for patients, families, and caregivers.

  12. Deaths in the United States among persons with Alzheimer's disease (2010-2050)

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2014-03-01 End-of-life care

    Individuals with AD comprise a substantial number of older adult deaths in the United States, a number expected to rise considerably in coming decades.

  13. Increased risk of dementia in people with previous exposure to general anesthesia: a nationwide population-based case-control study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2013-07-27 Digital health tools

    A history of previous exposure to surgery under GA might be associated with an increased risk of dementia, particularly in subjects who have undergone repeated exposure to GA.

  14. Implications of early treatment among Medicaid patients with Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2013-05-02 Digital health tools

    Earlier treatment leads to a small delay in institutionalization among AD patients, resulting in significant costs savings to Medicaid.

  15. The coming crisis: obtaining care for the growing burden of neurodegenerative conditions

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Neurology 2013-04-24 Costs and economics

    As the U.S. population ages, the burden of neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer disease and Parkinson disease, will increase substantially.

  16. Improving dementia care: the role of screening and detection of cognitive impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2013-01-30 Costs and economics

    The value of screening for cognitive impairment, including dementia and Alzheimer's disease, has been debated for decades.

  17. Assessment and diagnosis of dementia in Hispanic and non-Hispanic white outpatients

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. The Gerontologist 2013-01-23 Disparities

    When using ethnic group-specific norms, NP and functional abilities predicted diagnosis in both groups with no significant differences but BPS was only significant in Hispanics.

  18. Potentially avoidable hospitalizations among Medicare beneficiaries with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2013-01-01 Digital health tools

    Medicare beneficiaries with ADRD were at a higher risk of PAHs for certain uncontrolled comorbidities and incurred higher Medicare expenditures compared with matched controls without dementia.

  19. Glaucoma, Alzheimer disease and other dementia: a longitudinal analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. Ophthalmic epidemiology 2012-10-01 Digital health tools

    Individuals aged 68+ years diagnosed with OAG have a decreased rate of AD or other dementia diagnosis compared to control patients without an OAG diagnosis.

  20. Sinking, Swimming, or Learning to Swim in Medicare Part D

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. American Economic Review 2012-10-01 Costs and economics

    Under Medicare Part D, senior citizens choose prescription drug insurance offered by numerous private insurers.

  21. Patients with chronic kidney disease are at an elevated risk of dementia: a population-based cohort study in Taiwan

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 76 out of 100. BMC nephrology 2012-09-29 Digital health tools

    Patients with CKD could have an elevated dementia risk.

  22. Population based study on patients with traumatic brain injury suggests increased risk of dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry 2012-07-27 Costs and economics

    The findings of this study suggest an increased risk of dementia among individuals with TBI.

  23. Excess costs of dementia disorders and the role of age and gender - an analysis of German health and long-term care insurance claims data

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. BMC health services research 2012-06-19 Digital health tools

    Dementia poses a substantial additional burden to the German social security system, with the long-term care sector being more seriously challenged than the health care sector.

  24. Underdiagnosis of dementia in primary care: variations in the observed prevalence and comparisons to the expected prevalence

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Aging & mental health 2011-07-21 Costs and economics

    Just under a half of the expected numbers of patients with dementia are recognised in GP dementia registers.

  25. Prevalence of dementia and cognitive impairment among older adults with hip fractures

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2011-03-08 Health systems and care delivery

    We conclude that dementia and cognitive impairment are common among older adults with hip fractures.

  26. 2011 Alzheimer's disease facts and figures

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2011-03-01 Health systems and care delivery

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the sixth leading cause of all deaths in the United States and is the fifth leading cause of death in Americans aged ≥65 years.

  27. Survival of people with clinical diagnosis of dementia in primary care: cohort study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2010-08-05 Caregiving

    Median survival was much lower than in screened populations.

  28. An examination of Alzheimer's disease case definitions using Medicare claims and survey data

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2010-07-01 Digital health tools

    Different information sources yield widely varied prevalence and expenditure estimates.

  29. Utilization patterns of ambulatory medical care before and after the diagnosis of dementia in Germany--results of a case-control study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders 2010-06-03 Digital health tools

    Service utilization by demented patients increases already within the year before the first diagnosis and stays on a relatively high level within the year after.

  30. The worldwide societal costs of dementia: Estimates for 2009

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2010-03-01 Caregiving

    The worldwide cost of dementia has increased by 34% (18% in fixed prices) between 2005 and 2009.

  31. Clinical and cost effectiveness of services for early diagnosis and intervention in dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. International journal of geriatric psychiatry 2009-07-01 Costs and economics

    The new services would cost around pound sterling 220 million extra per year nationally in England.

  32. Early identification and treatment of Alzheimer's disease: social and fiscal outcomes

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2009-04-11 Caregiving

    These findings indicate that the early diagnosis and treatment of AD are not only socially desirable in terms of increasing economic efficiency, but also fiscally attractive from both state and federal perspectives.

  33. Racial differences in knowledge and beliefs about Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Alzheimer disease and associated disorders 2009 Disparities

    Alzheimer disease (AD) is a growing public health problem that disproportionately affects racial and ethnic minorities, including African Americans.

  34. Healthcare costs and utilization for Medicare beneficiaries with Alzheimer's

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. BMC health services research 2008-05-22 Costs and economics

    Patients with AD have significantly more co-morbid medical conditions and higher healthcare costs and utilization than demographically-matched Medicare beneficiaries.

  35. Health service utilization among Alzheimer's disease patients: evidence from managed care

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2008-04-21 Digital health tools

    Few studies have examined the disease burden of AD in commercial managed care settings.

  36. Dementia and Medicare at life's end

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Health services research 2008-04 Costs and economics

    On average, ADRD diagnosis was not significantly associated with excess Medicare payments over the last 5 years of life.

  37. 2008 Alzheimer's disease facts and figures

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2008-03-01 Costs and economics

    Alzheimer's disease is the seventh leading cause of all deaths in the United States and the fifth leading cause of death in Americans older than the age of 65 years.

  38. Implementing routine cognitive screening of older adults in primary care: process and impact on physician behavior

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Journal of general internal medicine 2007-04-20 Digital health tools

    Mini-Cog screening by office staff is feasible in primary care practice and has measurable effects on physician behavior.

  39. An estimate of the total worldwide societal costs of dementia in 2005

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2007-04-01 Caregiving

    Worldwide costs for dementia are enormous, and informal care constitutes a major cost component, in particular in less developed regions.

  40. Epidemiology and risk factors of dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 2005-11-16 Risk factors

    ementia refers to a syndrome that is characterised by progressive deterioration of cognitive functions.

  41. Vulnerable populations at risk of potentially avoidable hospitalizations: the case of nursing home residents with Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias 2005-11-01 Digital health tools

    This study explores whether nursing home residents with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) are affected differently by facility-level risk factors of ambulatory care-sensitive (ACS) conditions, a measure of timely access to medical care.

  42. Monitoring visual status: why patients do or do not comply with practice guidelines

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Health services research 2004-10-01 Digital health tools

    Having an exam reflects multiple factors.

  43. The National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center (NACC) Database: an Alzheimer disease database

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Alzheimer disease and associated disorders 2004-10-01 Long-term cohort studies

    The National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center (NACC) is responsible for developing and maintaining a database of patient information collected from the 29 Alzheimer disease centers (ADCs) funded by the National Institute on Aging.

  44. Disclosing a diagnosis of dementia: a systematic review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. International journal of geriatric psychiatry 2004-02-01 Caregiving

    Existing evidence regarding diagnostic disclosure in dementia is both inconsistent and limited with the perspectives of people with dementia being largely neglected.

  45. Early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease: clinical and economic benefits

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2003-05-01 Costs and economics

    An estimated four million individuals in the United States have Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  46. The impact of comorbid disease and injuries on resource use and expenditures in parkinsonism

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Neurology 2003-01-01 Costs and economics

    Comorbidity associated with parkinsonism is an under-recognized contribution to higher resource use and expenditures.

  47. The accuracy of medicare claims data in identifying Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Journal of clinical epidemiology 2002-09-01 Costs and economics

    We linked Medicare claims data to information on 417 patients with a clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease in the Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease (CERAD) to determine what proportion of them were identified as having Alzheimer's disease (AD) in Medicare claims records.

  48. Health care utilization and costs of Alzheimer's disease: the role of co-morbid conditions, disease stage, and pharmacotherapy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Family medicine 2002-07-01 Digital health tools

    Utilization and costs for patients with AD were higher compared to controls and were substantially higher for patients with both AD and co-morbid diseases commonly targeted for disease management.

  49. Prevalence and impact of medical comorbidity in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences 2002-03-01 Health systems and care delivery

    Despite the limitation of a cross-sectional design, our initial findings suggest that there is a strong association between medical comorbidity and cognitive status in AD.

  50. Alzheimer's disease and related dementias increase costs of comorbidities in managed Medicare

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. Neurology 2002-01-01 Costs and economics

    In this study, prevalence rates for ADRD mirrored population estimates.

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