Table 5.

Number of PD patients being interested in advanced therapy but being denied due to noted reasons below

	Not ill enough	Too severe disease	Old age	Impaired memory	Mental symptoms (hallucinations, depression)	Speech difficulties	Difficulties handling the equipment	Social reasons	Geographic reasons	Economic reasons (expensive treatment)	Other
Total	200	29	102	58	64	57	55	7	3	46	176
Advanced disease	98	19	59	36	35	30	37	2	2	33	100

Abbreviation: PD, Parkinson’s disease.