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Soeren Mattke1, Yu Tang1, Mark Hanson1
1University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Journal of health services research & policy
|November 6, 2023
概括
英格兰NHS在获得阿尔茨海默病治疗方面面临重大延迟,目前的等待时间超过56个月. 引入血液检测可以减少疾病修饰疗法的等待时间.
科学领域:
- 神经学 神经学
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 药理学 药理学是指药理学的学科.
背景情况:
- 英国提供疾病修饰性阿尔茨海默氏症治疗的能力此前已被分析,揭示了预测的大量等待时间.
- 这项研究提供了英格兰国家卫生服务 (NHS) 的最新预测,利用了改进的模型和最新的数据.
研究的目的:
- 更新英格兰NHS内获得疾病修饰性阿尔茨海默氏症治疗的等待时间预测.
- 评估诊断进步对治疗准入时间表的影响.
主要方法:
- 开发了一个模型来预测2023年至2043年的等待时间,其中包括有关认知障碍诊断能力和专家意见的数据.
- 该模型模拟了从初级保健转诊到专家评估,生物标志物测试 (PET扫描或CSF分析) 和治疗输液的患者旅程.
- 专家访问和PET扫描的容量限制被确定,而CSF测试和输液输送被认为是可扩展的.
主要成果:
- 如果没有诊断改进,预计2023年专家转诊的初始等待时间为56个月,到2029年将增加到129个月.
- 预计等待时间仍然很高,大约100个月,即使在2029年之后缓慢下降.
- 实施阿尔茨海默氏症病理学的血液检测作为早期分拣步骤,可以将整体等待时间减少到1725个月.
结论:
- 英格兰的NHS目前没有足够的能力来确保及时获得改变疾病的阿尔茨海默氏症治疗.
- 在等待治疗的患者中,显著的等待时间可能会导致可避免的疾病进展.
- 在初始评估阶段采用改进的诊断工具,如血液测试,可以大幅减少治疗准入延迟.
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