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Circulatory Diseases in the U.S. Elderly in the Linked National Long-Term Care Survey-Medicare Database: Population-Based Analysis of Incidence, Comorbidity, and Disability.

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Akushevich, I; Kravchenko, J; Ukraintseva, S; Arbeev, K; Yashin, AI
Published in: Res Aging
July 2013

Incidence rates of acute coronary heart disease (ACHD; including myocardial infarction and angina pectoris), stroke, and heart failure (HF) were studied for their age, disability, and comorbidity patterns in the U.S. elderly population using the National Long Term Care Survey (NLTCS) data linked to Medicare records for 1991-2005. Incidence rates increased with age with a decrease in the oldest old (stroke and HF) or were stable at all ages (ACHD). For all diseases, incidence rates were lower among institutionalized individuals and higher in individuals with higher comorbidity indices. The results could be used for understanding currently debated effects of biomedical research, screening, and therapeutic innovations on changes in disease incidence with advancing age as well as for projecting future Medicare costs.

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Res Aging

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EISSN

1552-7573

Publication Date

July 2013

Volume

35

Issue

4

Start / End Page

437 / 458

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Gerontology
  • 5204 Cognitive and computational psychology
  • 5202 Biological psychology
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences
 

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Akushevich, I., Kravchenko, J., Ukraintseva, S., Arbeev, K., & Yashin, A. I. (2013). Circulatory Diseases in the U.S. Elderly in the Linked National Long-Term Care Survey-Medicare Database: Population-Based Analysis of Incidence, Comorbidity, and Disability. Res Aging, 35(4), 437–458. https://doi.org/10.1177/0164027512446941
Akushevich, Igor, Julia Kravchenko, Svetlana Ukraintseva, Konstantin Arbeev, and Anatoli I. Yashin. “Circulatory Diseases in the U.S. Elderly in the Linked National Long-Term Care Survey-Medicare Database: Population-Based Analysis of Incidence, Comorbidity, and Disability.Res Aging 35, no. 4 (July 2013): 437–58. https://doi.org/10.1177/0164027512446941.
Akushevich, Igor, et al. “Circulatory Diseases in the U.S. Elderly in the Linked National Long-Term Care Survey-Medicare Database: Population-Based Analysis of Incidence, Comorbidity, and Disability.Res Aging, vol. 35, no. 4, July 2013, pp. 437–58. Pubmed, doi:10.1177/0164027512446941.
Journal cover image

Published In

Res Aging

DOI

EISSN

1552-7573

Publication Date

July 2013

Volume

35

Issue

4

Start / End Page

437 / 458

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Gerontology
  • 5204 Cognitive and computational psychology
  • 5202 Biological psychology
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences