Article of the month – September 2016

The website committee selected the publication of Stevnsborg L et al. as publication of the month. This study addresses the issue of inequalities of access to treatment and care for immigrants with dementia. A large nationwide register-based study was conducted in the elderly population with dementia in Denmark in 2012 (n = 34,877). Indeed some worrisome differences in access were found and further research on barriers to access to suitable healthcare is needed.

See: Stevnsborg L, Jensen-Dahm C, Nielsen TR, Gasse C, Waldemar G. Inequalities in Access to Treatment and Care for Patients with Dementia and Immigrant Background: A Danish Nationwide Study. J Alzheimers Dis. 2016 Sep 6;54(2):505-14. doi: 10.3233/JAD-160124. PubMed PMID: 27567820.