Urban-rural differences in the health care of people living with dementia and mild cognitive impairment in shared-housing arrangements in Germany - have inequities in urban vs. rural locations been overcome?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous studies have identified inequities in the diagnostic and therapeutic procedures used with community-dwelling people living with dementia (PlwDs) or people living with mild cognitive impairment (PlwMCIs) depending on the urban vs. rural location of their residence. Whether those differences in health care and health services utilization still exist for people residing in shared-housing arrangements (SHAs) remains unclear at this point.

Methods

In a prospective, multicenter, mixed-methods, cluster-randomized controlled trial, the "DemWG study," 341 PlwDs or PlwMCIs living in a total of 97 SHAs across Germany were recruited. 31 of the participating SHAs were rural (133 participants), 66 were urban (208 participants). As a secondary analysis we evaluated heal

SUBMITTER: Donath C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11905690 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature