Immigration and access to dementia diagnostics and treatment: A nationwide study in Sweden.
SSM Popul Health
; 25: 101573, 2024 Mar.
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| ID: mdl-38162224
ABSTRACT
â¢Compared to Swedish-born people, foreign-born people were less likely to receive dementia diagnostic tests.â¢Being born in Africa or Europe was associated with lower chance of receiving cholinesterase inhibitors.â¢Asian-born people had higher chance of receiving cholinesterase inhibitors, but were less likely to receive memantine.â¢Disparities existed in dementia diagnostics and treatment between Swedish-born and foreign-born people, but were not consistent after adjusting for MMSE scores.
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Diagnostic_studies
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2024
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