Medical Economics March 25, 2024
Providing education about dementia is important tool for helping patients avoid it
The world is on pace to see an unprecedented volume of cognitive and brain disorders and primary care physicians simply don’t have the tools to handle it.
Worldwide, there were an estimated 55 million people aged 65-plus with dementia in 2020; that number is predicted to grow to 139 million by 2050. And there simply aren’t enough neurologists to treat them.
Approximately 85% of dementia patients are first diagnosed by a primary care physician (PCP) and 55% of PCPs report that there are not enough dementia specialists to meet patient demand.
The neurologist shortage and increase in the number of cases means dealing with dementia–prevention, screening, diagnosis–is going...
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