Education and Neighborhood Resources Explain Much of the Racial and Ethnic Gap in Timely Dementia Diagnosis

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Non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic older adults with dementia were significantly less likely than non-Hispanic White adults to receive a timely clinical diagnosis in Medicare claims.

Educational attainment explained the largest share of the observed disparity, accounting for 48.4% of the gap for non-Hispanic Black individuals and 61.9% for Hispanic individuals.