Impact of Patient Selection Criteria on Prevalence Estimates and Prevalence of Diagnosed Dementia in a Medicaid Population

Author

Murtuza F. Bharmal, School of Pharmacy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Michael Weiner, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indiana University Center for Aging Research, Bloomington, IN; Regenstrief Institute, Inc., Indianapolis, IN
Laura P. Sands, Center for Health Outcomes Research and Policy (CHORP), Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering (RCHE), Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Huiping Xu, Department of Statistics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Bruce A. Craig, Department of Statistics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Joseph Thomas III, Center for Health Outcomes Research and Policy (CHORP), Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering (RCHE), Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

Abstract

This study estimated the prevalence of diagnosed dementia among Indiana Medicaid beneficiaries in 2004. The dependence of prevalence estimates upon use of several patient selection criteria to identify patients with dementia also was evaluated.

Keywords

dementia, Alzheimer disease, Medicaid, Prevalence, Indiana

Date of this Version

April 2007

Recommended Citation

Bharmal, Murtuza F.; Weiner, Michael; Sands, Laura P.; Xu, Huiping; Craig, Bruce A.; and Thomas, Joseph III, "Impact of Patient Selection Criteria on Prevalence Estimates and Prevalence of Diagnosed Dementia in a Medicaid Population" (2007). RCHE Publications. Paper 52.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/rche_rp/52