Racial/ethnic disparities in dementia incidence, outcomes, and health-care utilization.
Jay B LuskCassie FordAmy G ClarkMelissa A GreinerKim JohnsonMargarethe GoetzBrystana G KaufmanSneha MantriYing XianRichard O'BrienEmily C O'BrienPublished in: Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association (2022)
Racial disparities in neurodegenerative disease incidence narrowed between 2014 and 2017. Black patients were less likely than White patients to receive hospice services. Black patients were less likely than White patients to receive physical therapy. Black patients were less likely than White patients to receive Alzheimer's disease or Parkinson's disease medications. There is a shortage of neurologists in counties with high dementia incidence.