For ADRD researchers working with Medicare claims: our work led by Yi Chen validates the use of the Bynum-Standard algorithm to identify dementia diagnosis in Medicare Advantage (MA).
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Identification of Prevalent Dementia in Medicare Advantage Encounters, Compared with Rigorous Cohort Assessments
AbstractBackground. Rapid growth in Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollment has spurred dementia research using diagnoses in MA encounter data. However, the val