[Prescription differences of dementia drugs in urban and rural areas in Germany].

  • Jens Bohlken
  • Gisbert W Selke
  • Hendrik Bussche van den

Abstract

The objective of this study was to detect regional variability in anti-dementia drug prescriptions in metropolitan and rural regions of Germany in order to assess the widespread assumption that dementia treatment coverage is lower in rural areas because of the lower physician density in ambulatory care, especially for neuropsychiatrists.

Bibliographical data

Original languageGerman
Article number5
ISSN0303-4259
Publication statusPublished - 2011
pubmed 21425036