Medical visits and mortality among dementia patients during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to rates predicted from 2019
Older adults with ADRD had substantial deaths above pre-pandemic projections during the COVID-19 pandemic, 80 percent of which were attributed to COVID-19. Routine care increased overall due to a dramatic increase in telehealth visits, but this was uneven across states, and mortality rates were significantly lower in states with higher than pre-pandemic visits.
Authors
- Kaushik Ghosh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4839-8447)
- David Cutler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4949-8917)
- Trivellore E. Raghunathan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3054-9833)
- Susan T. Stewart
Institutions
- National Bureau of Economic Research (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Geriatrics
- Published
- 2024-09-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-024-05298-2
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.85
Funders
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- National Institute on Aging