Evidence of hospital‐based HIT infrastructure and reduced Medicare payment and racial and ethnic disparities among ADRD patients

Understanding the potential cost‐saving or cost‐enhancing of HIT adoptions can help policymakers understand the capacity of HIT investment for population health and racial and ethnic groups. The objective of the study is to examine access to the hospital‐based HIT infrastructure and its association with Medicare payments by Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia (ADRD) patients’ racial and ethnic groups. ADRD is one of the most expensive health conditions in the Unites States and substantial racial and ethnic disparities are observed.