"Public Health Challenges for Parkinson's Disease in the US" Slide 1 of 29

Go to slide: 1: "Public Health Challenges for Parkinson's Disease in the US" 2: Context and Goals 3: US Health Care System 4: PD Organizations in the US 5: Political Strength 6: NIH PD Research Agenda 7: Public Health Action Plan for PD 8: Public Health Concept 9: Scientific Tools of Public Health 10: Emphasis on Prevention 11: Literature Review on 12: Current Public Health 13: Sources of Information 14: Costs of Parkinson’s Disease 15: Cost and Resource Use 16: PD Use of Services 17: Elevated Comorbidities with PD 18: Costs of Parkinson’s Disease 19: Physician Care 20: Access to Comprehensive Care 21: PDF Access Survey 22: Access to Specialty Physician Services 23: Specialty Physician Care 24: Use of Comprehensive Services 25: Access to Comprehensive Care 26: Summary of Findings 27: Challenges for Public health 28: Focus on Quality 29: A True Mover and Shaker

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Thank you for the opportunity to address the EPDA and to share information with colleagues in Europe at the conference. I work with PDF on a program called QuADPaC for Quality Access and Delivery of Parkinson’s Care. The slides from this presentation will be posted at our web site in next couple of weeks. (www.parkinsonscare.org) Please visit the web site and fill out the "access" questionnaire. As you know, we have just had a close election in the US. No matter who wins the Presidency, Parkinson's is a bipartisan issue in the US with strong support from both Democrats and Republicans in the Congress who believe we can solve PD in a relatively short time.

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