Reports Outline Alzheimer Disease Study Results from Z. Yang et al (Gender Differences: A Lifetime Analysis of the Economic Burden of Alzheimer’s…

Reports Outline Alzheimer Disease Study Results from Z. Yang et al (Gender Differences: A Lifetime Analysis of the Economic Burden of Alzheimer's Disease)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News -- Current study results on Neurodegenerative Diseases have been published. According to news reporting out of Atlanta, Georgia, by VerticalNews editors, research stated, "Gender is one of the best-established differences in risk for Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other forms of dementia, with women being at greater risk. However, the financial implications are unknown."

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research, "This study aims at understanding the economic burden of AD by gender. This study takes a life-time perspective to investigate the burden of AD over the course of the disease. Nationally representative Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey data were used to estimate the course of illness of AD from age 65 to death and the incremental costs of AD on Medicare and Medicaid. Published data on the use and costs of assisted living facilities, home health care, and informal care were imputed into the course of illness to calculate the lifetime costs of these services. Females and males have distinctively different patterns of course of illness of AD. Women face higher risks of having AD (15.5% vs. 13.1%) and of serving as informal caregivers for AD patients (6.8% vs. 4.0%) before death. Medicare and Medicaid account for major payers of AD care for both genders, but the greatest economic challenge of AD to women is the cost of the informal care they deliver, resulting in women bearing six times the cost of men."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "Public policy interventions that aim at curing or slowing the progress of AD will greatly benefit the welfare and economic status of women."

For more information on this research see: Gender Differences: A Lifetime Analysis of the Economic Burden of Alzheimer's Disease. Womens Health Issues, 2015;25(5):436-440. Womens Health Issues can be contacted at: Elsevier Science Inc, 360 Park Ave South, New York, NY 10010-1710, USA.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Z. Yang, Emory Alzheimers Dis Res Center, Atlanta, GA, United States.

Keywords for this news article include: Atlanta, Georgia, Dementia, Medicare, Tauopathies, Legal Issues, United States, Gender Health, Health Policy, Brain Diseases, Women's Health, Alzheimer Disease, Risk and Prevention, North and Central America, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Central Nervous System Diseases

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