Longitudinal analysis of dementia diagnosis and specialty care among racially diverse Medicare beneficiaries

Fig. 3

Percent of Medicare beneficiaries with Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis, non-Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis, and unspecified dementia diagnosis one to five years after diagnosis, by physician specialty. Sample is 226,604 (34,920 +191,684 diagnosed by specialist and nonspecialist, respectively) beneficiaries with incident dementia diagnosis in 2008 or 2009. Includes both beneficiaries who survive and those who die.

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