Factors influencing receipt of specialty neurologic care for patients with Huntington's disease in Colorado.

Authors

Amy C Ogilvie, Emily Forbes, Chun Chieh Lin, James F Burke, Hillary D Lum, Sean M Reed

Published in

Clinical parkinsonism & related disorders. Volume 15. Pages 100473. Epub Jun 19, 2026.

Abstract

Despite recognized importance of specialized neurological care for patients with Huntington's disease (HD), little is known about the number or characteristics of patients who receive this type of care.
To identify differences between patients receiving care from a movement disorders specialist (MDS) compared to a general neurologist using data from the Colorado All Payers Claims Database between 2019 and 2022.
Logistic regression models were used to compare characteristics of patients who had received care from a MDS compared to a general neurologist in a given year.
Approximately half (49.9%) of patients with HD received care from any neurologist and a third (33.8%) received care from a MDS. There were no differences in characteristics between patients who received MDS care compared to general neurologist care.
Practice-related characteristics and patient perspectives on care access warrant further study to clarify barriers to specialized neurological care.

PMID:
42383165
Bibliographic data and abstract were imported from PubMed on 01 Jul 2026.

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