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Circulatory Diseases in the U.S. Elderly in the Linked National Long-Term Care Survey-Medicare Database

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: 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.

Source: Research on Aging

DOI: 10.1177/0164027512446941

Authors: Igor Akushevich, Julia Kravchenko, Svetlana Ukraintseva, Konstantin Arbeev, Anatoli I. Yashin

Institutions: Duke University, Duke Cancer Institute

Language: English

Topic: Chronic Disease Management Strategies

Subfield: Epidemiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institute on Aging