Health and care payments per Alzheimer's or dementia patients 2015

This statistic shows the average annual per-person payments for health and long-term care services for people above the age of 65 years suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias in the United States, as of 2015, by place of residence. The average annual per-person payment made by Medicare for such services in residential facilities was 25,600 U.S. dollars.

Average annual per-person payments for health and long-term care services for older people with Alzheimer's or other dementias in the U.S. as of 2015

Place of residence	Community-Dwelling	Residential Facility
Medicare	19,776	25,600
Medicaid	249	26,837
Uncompensated	439	120
HMO	1,729	254
Private insurance	2,784	2,183
Other payer	183	2,176
Out of pocket	3,548	20,207

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Release date

March 2016

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Region

United States

Survey time period

as of 2015

Age group

65 years and older

Supplementary notes

* Payments from sources do not equal total payments exactly due to the effect of population weighting. Payments for all beneficiaries with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias include payments for community-dwelling and facility-dwelling beneficiaries.
Values are in 2015 U.S. dollars and based on 2008 survey data.

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