Identifying older people with dementia: The effectiveness of a multiservice census

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 636-641

  Gordon, David S ^a,e   Spicker, Paul ^b   Ballinger, Brian R ^c   Gillies, Brenda ^b   McWilliam, Nancy ^b   Mutch, William J ^d   Seed, Philip ^b  

^a NHS FORTH VALLEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c Royal Dundee Liff Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^d NHS TAYSIDE   (United Kingdom)

^e NHS LANARKSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dementia; Population needs assessment; Prevalence; Sampling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CENSUSES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCOTLAND;

EID: 0030845118     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199706)12:6<636::AID-GPS572>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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