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Estimating the Monetary Costs of Dementia in the United States (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Required Information for Application:

1. Name of the applicant(s) or organization applying for the grant

2. Contact information (address, phone number, email) of the applicant(s) or organization

3. Description of the proposed project to develop national cost of illness estimates for the monetary cost of Alzheimer's Disease and Alzheimer's disease-related dementias (AD/ADRD) in the United States

4. Explanation of the societal perspective to be used in estimating the costs of AD/ADRD

5. Detailed plan and methodology for gathering and analyzing population-representative and administrative data on older Americans 

6. Description of the proposed Family and People Living With Dementia engagement panel and how it will contribute to the cost estimate development and analysis process

7. Explanation of the Technical Monitoring Committee and its role in guiding the cost estimate development and analysis

8. Description of the access to appropriate dataset(s) through NIAs data linkage support contract (MedRIC.info)

9. Plan for analyzing the data to develop estimates of costs, including direct and indirect costs

10. Strategy for disseminating the methods and findings of the project to the scientific community, including the composition of manuscripts, data briefs, and infographics

11. Plan for presenting the findings of the project to the scientific community

12. Proposal for administering pilot projects to support cost simulations assessing treatment and policy changes that would alter the cost of disease

13. Explanation of how the analytic code and products of this work will be shared with the research community

14. Budget breakdown, including estimated costs for personnel, data access, data analysis, dissemination, and pilot projects

15. Timeline for the project, including key milestones and deliverables

16. Qualifications and expertise of the applicant(s) or organization in conducting research on dementia and health economics.

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