Poorer dementia patients in England less likely to be prescribed drugs

Dementia patients from more affluent areas in England are 27 percent more likely to be prescribed anti-dementia drugs than patients from poorer areas, finds a new study of 77,045 dementia patients across the UK. This inequality was not seen in Scotland, Northern Ireland or Wales.The new research also found that compared to English practices, anti-dementia drugs were prescribed more often in Northern Ireland and Scotland but less often in Wales.

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