Prevalence Rate
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Dementia Care
Country
United States of America
Publishing Organisation
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): Medicare Chronic Conditions among Medicare Beneficiaries
Type of Quality Indicator
Not Applicable
IOM Quality Dimension
Descriptive
Domain
Diagnosis
Defining Attributes
Definition
Prevalence estimates are the beneficiaries with a particular condition (or MCC category) divided by the total number of beneficiaries in our fee-for-service population, expressed as a percentage.
Numerator
The number of beneficiaries with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia
Denominator
Number of beneficiaries in the fee-for-service population
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
State/county, Age, Sex, Race/ethnicity
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CMS) administrative enrolment and claims data for Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in the fee-for-service program, these data are from the CMS Chronic Condition Data Warehouse (CCW), database with 100% of Medicare enrolment and fee-for-service claims data
Frequency of Data Collection
Continuous
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
1
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Annually
Reporting Frequency in Days
365
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No
Source and Reference Attributes
Technical Specifications
Link to Measurement Tools
Quality Indicator Confirmed to be Part of a Program Used to Monitor Quality and Safety of Care Among Older People at a Population-Level between 2012-2022
No
Assessed by the Australian Consortium for Aged Care Collaborators as Generally Containing Good Properties (Importance and Scientific Acceptability)
No
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
02 December 2025
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Date Modified 02 December 2025