From: Using U.S. Medicare records to evaluate the indirect health effects on spouses: a case study in Alzheimer’s disease patients
Sex
Total corroborated AD patients1
Number of study-identified spouses1
Expected number of spouses2
Study’s rate of spousal identification
Male
16,788
3,188
11,602
27.5%
Female
37,805
3,103
11,848
26.2%
Study total estimate
54,593
6,291
23,450
26.8%