Blacks and Hispanics experience missed or delayed diagnoses of dementia more often and have longer diagnosis delays compared with their White counterpart, according to a study published in the journal Medical Care. There is a wide disparity in dementia diagnosis, especially among racial and ethnic underrepresented groups. For this study, Dr. Karen Freund and colleagues examined whether there are ethnoracial differences in the timeliness of receiving a clinical diagnosis among older adults with cognitive and functional declines consistent with dementia. ...
Disparities in Alzheimer's Disease & Dementia
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