This statistic illustrates the percent distribution of aggregate caregiving costs for Americans aged 65 and older with Alzheimer‘s disease or other dementias in the U.S. from 2011 to 2023, by payer. In 2023, Medicare bore 45 percent of the total aggregate costs of such care.
Percentage of U.S. aggregate care costs for older people with Alzheimer‘s or other dementias from 2011 to 2023, by payer*
* Costs based on 2011-2023 U.S. dollars; all values are estimates. “Other” payment sources include private insurance, health maintenance organizations,
other managed care organizations and uncompensated care.
organizations and uncompensated care.
This statistic was assembled from several editions of the same report.
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Alzheimer's Association. (March 15, 2023). Percentage of U.S. aggregate care costs for older people with Alzheimer‘s or other dementias from 2011 to 2023, by payer* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 19, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/216681/cost-distribution-for-older-sufferers-of-alzheimers-in-the-us/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
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Alzheimer's Association. (2023). Percentage of U.S. aggregate care costs for older people with Alzheimer‘s or other dementias from 2011 to 2023, by payer*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 19, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/216681/cost-distribution-for-older-sufferers-of-alzheimers-in-the-us/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
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Alzheimer's Association, Percentage of U.S. aggregate care costs for older people with Alzheimer‘s or other dementias from 2011 to 2023, by payer* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/216681/cost-distribution-for-older-sufferers-of-alzheimers-in-the-us/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed (last visited February 19, 2025)
Percentage of U.S. aggregate care costs for older people with Alzheimer‘s or other dementias from 2011 to 2023, by payer* [Graph], Alzheimer's Association, March 15, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/216681/cost-distribution-for-older-sufferers-of-alzheimers-in-the-us/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
