Programs 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 modeling study, published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity, found that the benefits would outweigh the costs of such programs, and could save £1.86 billion each year in England.
Lead author Dr. Naaheed Mukadam (UCL Psychiatry and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust) said: “It is becoming increasingly clear that dementia can be prevented in many cases by addressing various health factors throughout the…
