Equity of access to a memory clinic in Melbourne? Non-English speaking background attenders are more severely demented and have increased rates of psychiatric disorders

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 327-334

  Logiudice, Dina ^a   Hassett, Anne ^b   Cook, Roslyn ^a   Flicker, Leon ^c   Ames, David ^b  

^a NATIONAL AGEING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cultural diversity; Dementia; Depression; Memory clinics; Non English speaking background; Service provision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT REFERRAL; POPULATION RISK; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL ASPECT;

AGED; ASIA; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DEMENTIA; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VICTORIA;

EID: 0035072227     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.346     Document Type: Article

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