Role In Diagnosis Of Alzheimer’s Disease Patients Shifts From Neurologists To Primary Care Physicians And Psychiatrists In Long-Term Care Market

Although in the commercial market neurologists diagnose more Alzheimer’s disease patients per month than any other physician specialty, they are minor diagnosticians in the long-term care market (LTC), where primary care physicians (PCPs) and psychiatrists take on the primary role of screening and assessing the severity of Alzheimer’s disease patients, according to new research by GfK Market Measures. [click link for full article]

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