Review of Medicare data reveals potential new statistics on dementia diagnosis

https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/review-medicare-data-reveals-potential-new-statistics-dementia-diagnosis?&utm_source=nia-eblast&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=general-20250331 A study of Medicare data showed that around 9% of beneficiaries — around 5.3 million people — may have Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia. The study used diagnostic and prescription-drug codes to count these cases.