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Diagnosed Dementia in Medicare: Benchmarking for Study Planning and Equity

March 2024 – In Grand Rounds 45, Dr. Bynum shares the pros and cons of using healthcare-generated data, such as Medicare Fee-for-Service and Medicare Advantage, to identify people living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD), as well as the use of population benchmarks in study planning and integrating health equity.

 

Speaker

Dr. Julie BynumJulie Bynum, MD, MPH

Margaret Terpenning Collegiate Professor of Internal Medicine

Division of Geriatric & Palliative Medicine

University of Michigan

Learning Objectives

  • Identify strengths & challenges when using Medicare data for participant identification
  • Understand characteristics of diagnosed dementia cases across place
  • Consider value of using population benchmarks for planning and equity