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VIDEO: Richard Stefanacci, DO, Addresses Cost Concerns of Neurodegenerative Diseases

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Richard Stefanacci, DO, Associate Professor, Health Policy & Public Health, University of the Sciences, says there are 2 cost concerns associated with neurodegenerative diseases.

Richard Stefanacci, DO, Associate Professor, Health Policy & Public Health, University of the Sciences, says there are 2 cost concerns associated with neurodegenerative diseases. One is the actual cost of the disease and the second is the cost of diagnostic testing. Dr Stefanacci also says that treatments are now currently inexpensive, but with new emerging therapiess the costs will rise.

This video was taken on Thursday, November 8 at the NAMCP Fall Forum in Las Vegas, NV.

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