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Older people with Alzheimer or dementia: U.S. aggregate care costs 2011-2018

U.S. aggregate care costs for older people with Alzheimer᾿s or other dementias from 2011 to 2018, by payer (Figures expressed in billions of U.S. dollars, unless otherwise specified)

The data displays the aggregate costs of care for Americans aged 65 and older with Alzheimer‘s disease or other dementias in the United States from 2011 to 2018, by payer. In 2011, Medicare's aggregate care costs for such purposes came to around 93 billion USD.

Medicare 93 105 107 113 113 117 131 140
Medicaid 37 36 35 37 41 43 44 47
Out-of-pocket 31 34 34 36 44 46 56 60
Other 22 26 27 28 29 30 28 30