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Background
Over 6 million Americans have Alzheimer's Disease or Related Dementia (ADRD) but whether spikes in spending surrounding a new diagnosis reflect pre‐diagnosis morbidity, diagnostic testing, or treatments for comorbidities is unknown.
Methods
We used the 1998–2018 Health and Retirement Study and linked Medicare claims from older (≥65) adults to assess incremental quarterly spending changes...