(Press-News.org) About The Study: This study found that large increases in mortality with Alzheimer disease and related dementias as an underlying or contributing cause of death occurred in COVID-19 pandemic year 1 but were largely mitigated in pandemic year 2. The most pronounced declines were observed for deaths in nursing home/long-term care settings. Conversely, excess deaths at home and in medical facilities remained high in year 2.
Authors: M. Maria Glymour, Sc.D., of the Boston University School of Public Health in Boston, is the corresponding author.
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(doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2023.2226)
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Excess mortality with Alzheimer disease and related dementias as an underlying or contributing cause during pandemic
JAMA Neurology
2023-07-17
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