Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Length of Life after Dementia Diagnosis

Racial/ethnic survival differences after dementia diagnosis have implications for magnitude of financial impact of dementia on individuals and families.

This study quantifies survival time after dementia diagnosis and assesses mechanisms driving differences across race/ethnicity to inform care and financial ...

Dementia Diagnosis Disparities by Race and Ethnicity - PMC

We found overall that 24% of older adults with probable dementia never received a claims-based diagnosis throughout the study period (Appendix Table 3). This ...

Study finds disparities in diagnosis and treatment of dementia

The researchers found that people living with dementia from minoritized racial and ethnic populations are less likely to receive an accurate and ...

USC Study: People of Color Live Longer with Dementia than Whites

The study is the first to analyze racial and ethnic disparities in survival time following dementia diagnosis across large samples that are ...

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Dementia Care: Next Steps | Geriatrics

Despite the higher risk and prevalence, racial and ethnic minority populations are less likely to be formally diagnosed with dementia and more ...

Mapping racial and ethnic healthcare disparities for persons living ...

Interpretation: Minoritized populations are less likely to receive an accurate and timely diagnosis, be prescribed with anti-dementia ...

Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Timeliness and Comprehensiveness of ...

Meaning A lower likelihood of early diagnosis of dementia and comprehensive diagnostic workup among beneficiaries from racial/ethnic minority ...

Survival after dementia diagnosis in five racial/ethnic groups

Longer postdiagnosis survival among racial/ethnic minorities compared with whites persisted after adjustment for comorbidities. Racial/ethnic mortality ...

Federal Efforts to Address Racial and Ethnic Disparities - ASPE

Specifically, in Hispanic communities, community health workers are being trained and deployed to support increased dementia screening and ...

Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Length of Life after Dementia Diagnosis

Additionally, we investigated racial/ethnic time trends in 5-year mortality risk of 8,080,098 beneficiaries with incident dementia in years 2001-2013. Findings ...

Reducing Racial Disparities in Dementia

Over a century later, the life expectancy for Black men is 69.1 years versus 75.1 years for white men, according to CDC 2022 life expectancy ...

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Alzheimer's Disease - ASPE

underdiagnosis, since many studies require participants to have a physician diagnosis ... "Race/ethnic differences in AD survival in US Alzheimer's Disease ...

Survival After Dementia Diagnosis in Five Racial/Ethnic Groups

The economic burden related to dementia care may exacerbate large racial/ethnic disparities in wealth [46]. Given the relatively long life expectancy of ...

Survival after dementia diagnosis in five racial/ethnic groups

For example, Hispanics with dementia outlive non-Hispanic Whites by one year as reported by Mayeda and colleagues, 3 while the Hispanic-White disparity is ...

Racial, ethnic, and rural disparities in distance to physicians among ...

Previous research showed that mortality related to Alzheimer's disease increased more rapidly among racial and ethnic minority populations ...

New USC Study Finds People of Color Live More Years with ...

The study is the first to analyze racial and ethnic disparities in survival time following dementia diagnosis across large samples that are ...

Pathways explaining racial/ethnic and socio-economic disparities in ...

White) increased dementia risk by 24% (HR = 1.24, 95% CI: 1.07–1.45, P = 0.005), an association attenuated by socio-economic status (SES), (HR = ...

Special Report - Alzheimer's Association

Survival after initial diagnosis of Alzheimer disease. Ann Intern Med 2004 ... racial and ethnic disparities in Alzheimer's disease and related dementia.

Examine Race/Ethnicity Disparities in Perception, Intention ... - MDPI

The magnitude of health economics and the human and social impact on individuals living with dementia, their families, communities, and society are drastically ...