JAMA Network February 14, 2024
Emily Harris

A report from the nonprofit research organization RAND estimated that by 2028, about 1.6 million people in the US with mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer disease will wait an average of more than 1.5 years to see a dementia specialist, such as a neurologist or geriatric psychiatrist. These wait times are 3 times longer in rural areas.

The project’s goal was to “provide feasible scenarios that can help inform where bottlenecks may occur and identify areas where attention may be needed to prepare the health care system,” report lead author Jodi Liu, PhD, MSPH, MSE, said in a statement.

Freeing up primary care physicians so they could diagnose and triage patients with cognitive decline...

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