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Link to actual paper: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullarticle/2790757# https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullartic...
by elromulous 5y ago
Link to actual paper:
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullarticle/2790757# https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullartic...
- elromulous 5y agoI can't find any mention of whether they're controlling for (potentially) increased life expectancy. I understand life expectancy probably didn't change that much in 1.5 decades, but even a small difference could skew this kind of thing quite a bit. Edit: they do at least acknowledge it. It's an increase of almost a whole year on average. That seems significant to me, and doesn't seem addressed in the paper. > While there were increases in both the oldest and youngest age, the average age of decedents with ADRD increased from 85.9 years in 2004 to 86.7 years in 2017 owing to a greater number of oldest old identified in claims.