Wasifur Rahman, Sangwu Lee, Md Saiful Islam, Victor Nikhil Antony, Harshil Ratnu, Mohammad Rafayet Ali, Abdullah Al Mamun, Ellen Wagner, Stella Jensen-Roberts, Emma Waddell, Taylor Myers, Meghan Pawlik, Julia Soto, Madeleine Coffey, Aayush Sarkar, Ruth Schneider, Christopher Tarolli, Karlo Lizarraga, Jamie Adams, Max A Little, E Ray Dorsey, Ehsan Hoque
BACKGROUND: Access to neurological care for Parkinson disease (PD) is a rare privilege for millions of people worldwide, especially in resource-limited countries. In 2013, there were just 1200 neurologists in India for a population of 1.3 billion people; in Africa, the average population per neurologist exceeds 3.3 million people. In contrast, 60,000 people receive a diagnosis of PD every year in the United States alone, and similar patterns of rising PD cases-fueled mostly by environmental pollution and an aging population-can be seen worldwide...
October 19, 2021: Journal of Medical Internet Research