Dementia Assessment Waits in Denmark Reach 174 Days
Patients in Denmark wait nearly six months for a dementia assessment despite official limits.
2026年9月2日
/ DANGDI / DANGDI / DANGDI /Danish health services now take 174 days to complete a dementia assessment.
Official rules state the assessment must happen within 30 days of a referral.
This long wait can directly impact elderly family members living in Denmark.
Patients often get worse while waiting for their official diagnosis.
Mads Duedahl is the chairman of Danish Regions.
He called this long wait completely unacceptable.
Demand for dementia tests has increased rapidly across the country.
Doctors completed 11,790 assessments last year in Denmark.
In 2016, doctors completed only 7,938 dementia assessments.
Despite this growth in testing, demand still outpaces health service capacity.
According to CPH Post, patients face severe delays in care.
Source: The Copenhagen Post
