Diagnosis gap widens from symptom onset between Black, white patients

In older adults with dementia, Black patients were less likely to receive a diagnosis than white patients, with the difference increasing over 3 years following symptom onset, according to a recent study.
“Prior research has identified evidence of potential differences in the likelihood of receiving an [Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia] clinical diagnosis by race and ethnicity,” Matthew A. Davis, MPH, PhD, of the department of systems, populations and leadership at the University of Michigan School of Nursing, and colleagues wrote in the Journal of the American

In older adults with dementia, Black patients were less likely to receive a diagnosis than white patients, with the difference increasing over 3 years following symptom onset, according to a recent study.
“Prior research has identified evidence of potential differences in the likelihood of receiving an [Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia] clinical diagnosis by race and ethnicity,” Matthew A. Davis, MPH, PhD, of the department of systems, populations and leadership at the University of Michigan School of Nursing, and colleagues wrote in the Journal of the American