Nearly Everyone With Mild Cognitive Impairment Goes Undiagnosed - Wired
Millions of older adults likely have minor memory issues that can later become dementia.
But only a fraction of them are diagnosed early enough for new treatments to stand a chance.
- "Expected and diagnosed rates of mild cognitive impairment and dementia in the U.S. Medicare population: observational analysis" July 2023 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13195-023-01272-z FREE PDF
- "7.4 of 8 million (92%) expected MCI cases remained undiagnosed. "
- "Detection Rates of Mild Cognitive Impairment in Primary Care for the United States Medicare Population" Oct 2023 https://doi.org/10.14283/jpad.2023.131FREE PDF
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