Comparison of Methods for Algorithmic Classification of Dementia Status in the Health and Retirement Study.

Background: Dementia ascertainment is time-consuming and costly. Several algorithms use existing data from the US-representative Health and Retirement Study (HRS) to algorithmically identify dementia. However, relative performance of these algorithms remains unknown.Methods: We compared performance...

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Published in:Epidemiology Vol. 30; no. 2; pp. 291 - 303
Main Authors: Gianattasio, Kan Z., Wu, Qiong, Glymour, M. Maria, Power, Melinda C.
Format: research Journal Article
Published: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Mar2019
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