D-CARE: The Dementia Care Study: Design of a Pragmatic Trial of the Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness of Health System-Based Versus Community-Based Dementia Care Versus Usual Dementia Care.
David B ReubenThomas M GillAlan StevensJeff WilliamsonElena VolpiMaya LichtensteinLee A JenningsZaldy TanLeslie EvertsonDavid BassLisa WeitzmanMartie CarnieNancy WilsonKaty AraujoPeter CharpentierCan MengErich J GreeneJames DziuraJodi LiuErin UngerMia YangKatherine CurrieKristin M LenoirAval-NaʼRee S GreenSitara AbrahamAshley VernonRafael Samper-TernentMukaila RajiRoxana M HirstRebecca GallowayGlen R FinneyIlene LaddAlanna Kulchak RahmPamela BorekPeter PeduzziPublished in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2020)
D-CARE will address whether emphasis on clinical support and tighter integration with other medical services has greater benefit than emphasis on social support that is tied more closely to community resources. It will also assess the effectiveness of both interventions compared with UC and will evaluate the cost effectiveness of each intervention.