CLINICIAN TYPE AND SETTING OF CARE DELIVERED TO MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES WITH DEMENTIA IN THE U.S
Donovan Maust, Rachel Davis, Ulrike Muench, Steven Marcus, Joanne Spetz · 2024
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Description
Nearly two million Americans on Medicare live with dementia, and their care is spread across a vast, mixed workforce. Donovan Maust and four co-authors charted that workforce in 2024 from 2019 billing records, asking who treats these patients and where.
Over 783,000 distinct clinicians billed for dementia care that year. Offices led the settings, followed by emergency rooms, hospitals, and nursing facilities. Most patients saw a primary care physician, and large shares also saw nurse practitioners or physician assistants. Yet among all clinicians involved, barely two percent were psychiatrists, under two percent neurologists, and only half a percent geriatric specialists. The authors argue coordination plans must start from this real, generalist-heavy map.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Donovan Maust, Rachel Davis, Ulrike Muench, Steven Marcus, Joanne Spetz |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |