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Published in final edited form as: Healthc (Amst). 2020 May 22;8(2):100430. doi: 10.1016/j.hjdsi.2020.100430

Table 3b:

Number meeting various dementia algorithms and proportion with a cognitive test score indicating dementia among 102,981 VHA participants

Algorithms met during follow-up	Total meeting algorithms	Additional added beyond those meeting Algorithm 1 when algorithm criteria are loosened		People who have a SLUMS any time before or within 6 months after^a		Of those with SLUMS, how many score 0–20 (dementia)
	n	n	%^b	n	%^c	n	%^d
Algorithm 1, ≥2 dx codes for dementia within 1 year	9,188	NA	NA	574	6.2	444	77.4
Algorithm 2, ≥2 dx codes for dementia within 2 years	9,494	306	3.3	24	7.8	17	70.8
Algorithm 3, ≥1 dx codes for dementia ever	12,448	3,260	35.5	218	6.7	153	70.2
Algorithm 1, ≥2 dx codes for dementia within 1 year	9,188	NA	NA	574	6.2	444	77.4
Algorithm 4, Algorithm 1, include MCI in dx codes	10,160	972	10.6	91	9.4	43	47.3
Algorithm 1, ≥2 dx codes for dementia within 1 year	9,188	NA	NA	574	6.2	444	77.4
Algorithm 5, Algorithm 1 OR (1 dx code for dementia and ≥1 prescription(s) for dementia drug within 1 year)	9,980	792	8.6	69	8.7	53	76.8
Algorithm 6, Algorithm 1 OR algorithm 5 OR (≥1dx code for dementia and ≥1 visit to relevant specialist within 1 year)	11,036	1,848	20.1	179	9.7	126	70.4

Abbreviations: VHA: Veterans Health Affairs, SLUMS: Saint Louis University Mental Status, dx: diagnosis

Comparison shown visually in Figure 2

Percent of those meeting algorithm 1 (n=9,188)

Percent of the additional meeting algorithm when criteria are loosened

Percent of the people who have an SLUMS given algorithm met