Appendix: Methodology

The Alzheimer’s Association report, The Impact of Alzheimer’s on Medicaid Costs: A Growing Burden for States, presents information on the costs of Alzheimer’s and other dementias to the Medicaid budgets of each state and the District of Columbia. This Appendix describes the model and calculations used in developing state Medicaid spending estimates for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.