Analysis of Episodes of Care in Medicare Beneficiaries Newly Diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Fecha de publicación: 30 March 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.15281
Autores: Rezaul K. Khandker PhD, Christopher M. Black MPH Lin Xie MS M. Furaha Kariburyo MPH Baishali M. Ambegaonkar PhD Onur Baser PhD Huseyin Yuce PhD Howard Fillit MD
Background: To study transitions between healthcare settings and quantify the cost burdens associated with different combinations of transitions during a 6‐month period before initial Alzheimer’s disease (AD) diagnosis so as to investigate how using an episode‐of‐care approach to payment for specific disease states might apply in AD.
