$750,000,000,000

Cost to Medicare and Medicaid in 2050

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Methods
Alzheimer's
Data Association:
and the NIH
Caroline Savage
Conclusion
What Is Alzheimer’s?

● Plaque deposits between

nerve cells in the brain.
● Overtime causes severe
memory loss.
● On average a person lives for
7-8 years before they die.

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 Increase in
amount of
patients in the
United States
who have
Alzheimer’s

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Funding- (NIH) National Institute of Health

Accelerating Medicine Partnership:

● (NIH) National Institute of Health
● (FDA) Food and Drug Administration
● Alzheimer's Association
● US Against Alzheimer’s
● Geoffrey Beene Foundation

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 Projected Cost in
2020

Cancer:
$175 Billion
Heart Disease:
$196 Billion
Alzheimer’s:
$202 Billion

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What measures can the Alzheimer
Association take to receive an
increase in federal funds from the
National Institute of health toward
research for Alzheimer’s?
 3 Non-Profits

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Categories

- Annual Net Income Fiscal Year,

- (total revenue- total costs) Audited Financial
- Organization Funded Research Statement

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Limitations

● Difference in Financial Categories

● Lack of reported Financial Information
● Immeasurable Categories
○ Molded used current categories

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Identifying Core Methods

Annual Net Income $10,000

Funds Given to Research

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Identifying Core Methods

Annual Net Income $10,000

Funds Given to Research

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Correlation
 Conclusion:
no measures can be taken by the
AA to increase funds, given that
this data shows there is no
correlation between the two
Possible Outside Factors

● Success in Research Project

● Medical Discovery
● Outside Doner
● Mortality

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Other Avenues of Research

● NIH financial distribution qualifications

● Reasons why Alzheimer’s funding is low
○ Outside factors?
○ Process Medically?
● Other Avenues of Funding for diseases

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