Healthcare utilization of Mexican-American Medicare beneficiaries with and without Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.

BACKGROUND:Older adults with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) are high-risk to experience hospitalizations and emergency room (ER) admissions. Mexican-Americans have a high prevalence of ADRD, but there is limited information on the healthcare use of older Mexican-Americans with...

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Main Authors: Brian Downer, Soham Al Snih, Mukaila Raji, Lin-Na Chou, Yong-Fang Kuo, Kyriakos S Markides, Kenneth J Ottenbacher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227681