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Home > Cost of Chronic Disease > Neurological Disease: Alzheimer's Disease and Park... > The Human Burden of Neurological Disease
"In 2000, Medicare beneficiaries age 65 and over with Alzheimer’s and other dementias had an average of 1.3 times more physician visits than did other Medicare beneficiaries in the same age group (14.5 physician visits per beneficiary with Alzheimer’s and other dementias compared with 11.3 physician visits per beneficiary for other Medicare beneficiaries)."
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Alzheimer's Association. Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures 2008. 2008. [ Permalink ]