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Newest in this topic

  1. Current Capacity for Diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease in Germany and Implications for Wait Times 2024-01-01
  2. Expected wait times for access to a disease-modifying Alzheimer's treatment in England: A modelling study 2023-11-06

Studies

2 studies carry this tag.

Date range

2023 to 2024

Top journals

  • Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 1
  • Journal of health services research & policy 1

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  1. Current Capacity for Diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease in Germany and Implications for Wait Times

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2024-01-01 Biomarkers

    In spite of having a well-resourced health system, Germany is projected to be unable to cope with the demand for biomarker-based AD diagnosis, if a disease-modifying AD treatment were introduced.

  2. Expected wait times for access to a disease-modifying Alzheimer's treatment in England: A modelling study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Journal of health services research & policy 2023-11-06 Biomarkers

    The NHS England lacks capacity to provide timely access to a disease-modifying treatment, which is estimated to result in significant wait times and potentially avoidable disease progression.

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