If You Live Here, You May Have Less Access to Neurological Care Posted by Deborah Overman | Dec 24, 2020 | Neurological | | While the prevalence of neurologic conditions like dementia, stroke, Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis (MS) is consistent across the US, the distribution of neurologists is not, and people in more rural areas may be less likely to receive specialty care for certain neurologic conditions, according to a study in “Neurologists in the United States are not evenly spread out, which affects whether patients can see a neurologist for certain conditions like dementia and stroke. Our research found that some areas of the country have up to four times as many neurologists as the lowest served areas, and these differences mean that some people do not have access to neurologists who are specially trained in treating brain diseases.”