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Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2016 Jun 29;64(8):1724–1730. doi: 10.1111/jgs.14251

APPENDIX: Study Characteristics of the UCLA Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care (ADC) Program Compared to Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders (ACOVE) Studies.

Study	Years	Clinical setting	Intervention	Age (Mean)	Female (%)	White, non- Hispanic (%)	Aggregate quality score for dementia % (N Pass / N Eligible)
UCLA ADC, N=797	2012-2014	Academic health system	UCLA ADC Program	82	67%	73%	93% (6152/6641)
ACOVE Studies, N=881
Wenger NS, et al,⁴ N=24^*	1998	Managed care organizations	None	81	64%	NA	22% (38/171)^*
Wenger NS, et al,⁵ N=200	2002	Large urban medical groups	Multicomponent practice- change intervention	81	66%	95%	39% (26/67)^**
Wenger NS, et al,⁵ N=200	2002	Large urban medical groups	Multicomponent practice- change intervention	81	66%	95%	39% (46/119)^**
Reuben DB, et al,⁷ N=121	2007	Community-based practices	Multicomponent practice- change intervention, adapted for dementia care	NA	NA	NA	44% (173/393)^**
Ganz DA, et al, ⁹ N=111	2007	Academic geriatrics practice	NP co-management	85	67%	NA	34% (52/151)^*
Ganz DA, et al, ⁹ N=111	2007	Academic geriatrics practice	NP co-management	85	67%	NA	55% (88/160)^**
Wenger NS, et al, ⁶ N=41	2007	Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plan	Nurse care management	76	67%	51%	19% (64/346)^*
Reuben DB, et al,⁸ N=115	2010	Community-based practices	Multicomponent practice- change intervention with NP co-management	83	71%	NA	37% (172/466)^**
Wenger NS (unpublished), N=269	2005	Medicare beneficiaries, fee-for- service and Medicare Advantage	None	82	53%	92%	1% (2/273)^*

Number of participants with dementia is reported for each study. All ACOVE studies used an abstraction window of 12 months and a complete medical record abstraction.

Observational study or control arm of an interventional study

^**

Intervention arm

NA=not available