Health
Dementia prevention strategies could save £1.9 billion annually – EurekAlert
Programmes to reduce dementia risk by targeting smoking, high blood pressure and hearing loss are likely to be cost-effective and cost saving by reducing dement…
Programmes to reduce dementia risk by targeting smoking, high blood pressure and hearing loss are likely to be cost-effective and cost saving by reducing dementia rates by 8.5%, finds a new study by UCL and LSE researchers.
The modelling study, published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity, found that the benefits would outweigh the costs of such programmes, and could save £1.86 billion each year in England.
Lead author Dr Naaheed Mukadam (UCL Psychiatry and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Tru…
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