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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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Cost and Resource Use -Data * National Long Term Care Survey Longitudinal studies of chronically disabled persons age 65 and older on Medicare; 791 PD patients among a representative sample of 24,831 persons. * Actual patient care costs from linked Medicare claims data, Long term custodial care and prescription drugs are not covered by Medicare.

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