Patient management pathways in dementia - Resource utilisation, diagnosis and drug treatment in the Stockholm region, Sweden.

ABSTRACT:

Background

New diagnostic and therapeutic options for Alzheimer's disease are beginning to be introduced and expected igto become more widely available in the coming years. Improved understanding of current pathways in diagnosis and initial care of patients with dementia can help inform choices around how best to integrate new technologies in existing care structures.

Objectives

The aim of this study is to describe the care management pathways defined by the involvement of specialist and primary care for individuals with newly diagnosed dementia. It also seeks to characterise individuals in different management pathways based on resource use prior to diagnosis, the type of dementia diagnosis received, and the proportion who receive symptomatic anti-dementia drug treatment.

SUBMITTER: Aho E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12434265 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature