2022 Alzheimer's disease facts and figures

• Published in: Alzheimer's & dementia Vol. 18; no. 4; pp. 700 - 789
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.04.2022
• Subjects: Aged; Alzheimer Disease - diagnosis; Alzheimer's dementia; Alzheimer's disease; Biomarkers; Caregivers; Caregivers - psychology; Cognitive Dysfunction - epidemiology; COVID-19; Dementia; Dementia workforce; Diagnostic criteria; Family caregiver; Health Care Costs; Health care expenditures; Health care professional; Humans; Incidence; Long‐term care costs; MCI due to Alzheimer's disease; Medicaid spending; Medicare; Medicare spending; Mild cognitive impairment; Morbidity; Mortality; Prevalence; Primary care physician; Risk factors; Spouse caregiver; United States - epidemiology; United States; Caregivers; Health care costs; Health care professional; Medicaid spending; MCI due to Alzheimer's disease; Prevalence; Family caregiver; Primary care physician; Mild cognitive impairment; Mortality; Morbidity; Risk factors; Incidence; COVID-19; Health care expenditures; Long-term care costs; Spouse caregiver; Diagnostic criteria; Medicare spending; Alzheimer's dementia; Biomarkers; Alzheimer's disease; Dementia workforce; Dementia

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