Neighborhood Deprivation and Mortality Risk among Medicare Beneficiaries with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia

Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and Related Dementias (ADRD) is a class of progressive fatal degenerative diseases that presents multiple causations and outcomes related to its biological, medical, and social determinants of health (SDoH). Studies have extensively explored biological and medical factors, however, SDoH, which is known to contribute to structural inequities in health outcomes, is understudied. We aimed to study the association between neighborhood deprivation (an important SDoH measurement of socioeconomic disadvantage), and the risk of mortality among older adults diagnosed with AD/ADRD.