Comparison of diagnostic routines for suspected Alzheimer's disease patients in US–American and German primary care

Thorough diagnostics are a prerequisite for the optimal treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Biomarker-based diagnostics are standard in academia, data on practitioners' diagnostic workups is scarce. Surveys in German and US healthcare providers (HCP) were conducted regarding diagnostics...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Neurodegenerative disease management 2023-10, Vol.13 (5), p.269-280
Hauptverfasser:	Menne, Felix, Grimmer, Timo, Schipke, Carola G
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Alzheimer's disease dementia diagnosis Germany health service research healthcare research United States
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Zusammenfassung:	Thorough diagnostics are a prerequisite for the optimal treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Biomarker-based diagnostics are standard in academia, data on practitioners' diagnostic workups is scarce. Surveys in German and US healthcare providers (HCP) were conducted regarding diagnostics in presumed AD patients. A subsample of 153 German and 88 US professionals was analyzed in detail. Fewer German physicians conduct AD diagnostics themselves compared with US colleagues (67% vs 99%; p
ISSN:	1758-2024 1758-2032
DOI:	10.2217/nmt-2023-0023