Financial Burden of Dementia in the Last 7 Years of Life

Here is the SAS code used to analyze the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and linked claims, examining total healthcare spending and proportion by payer—Medicare, Medicaid, out-of-pocket, and calculated costs of informal caregiving—over the last 7 years of life, comparing those with and without dementia and stratifying by residential setting.

If you use this code, please cite the following:

• R01AG054540: The Burden of Care for Adults with Dementia: Impact on Care Quality and Family Outcomes 

• Kelley, A.S., McGarry. K., Bollens-Lund, E., Rahman, O.K., Husain, M., Ferreira, K.B., Skinner, J.S. “Residential Setting and the Cumulative Financial Burden of Dementia in the 7 Years Before Death.” Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2020; 68(6): 1319-1324. doi: 10.1111/jgs.16414