Table 4.

Adjusted average per-person health care utilization among older adults (≥65 years) with and without Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (2007, 2009, 2011 and 2013).

	ADRD (1.6 million)		No ADRD (37.1 million)		Incremental difference
	Mean	95% confidence interval	Mean	95% confidence interval	Mean	95% confidence interval
Home health visits***	64.31	(62.18–66.59)	6.52	(6.31–6.75)	57.79	(55.88–59.84)
Inpatient visits	0.21	(0.20–0.21)	0.24	(0.23–0.24)
Inpatient days	1.50	(1.47–1.53)	1.39	(1.37–1.42)
Emergency room visits	0.28	(0.27–0.28)	0.26	(0.25–0.26)
Outpatient visits	11.19	(11.11–11.26)	11.74	(11.65–11.82)
Prescriptions***	39.13	(38.77–39.50)	30.37	(30.08–30.65)	8.77	(8.68–8.85)

Note: Based on 14,010 (662 ADRD and 13,348 No ADRD) community-dwelling elderly individuals aged 65 years and older who were alive during the calendar year. All utilizations are adjusted for age, sex, race, marital status, education, income, insurance type, mental health status, physical health status, number of chronic conditions, body mass index categories, physical activity and smoking. Confidence intervals are based on 2000 bootstrap replications using the percentile method.

^***p < .001;

^**.001 ≤ p < .01;

^*.01 ≤ p < .05.