“…40 Patients with a diagnosis of Parkinson disease may need closer monitoring by primary care clinicians. A recent systematic review 41 suggests that patients with concurrent diagnoses of Parkinson disease and hypertension had further decline in cognitive function beyond the deficits caused by Parkinson alone, which may explain the need for a higher number of encounters. More work is needed to understand what appropriate visit rates ought to be for different population segments within each practice.…”