Implementation of a clinical dementia guideline: A controlled study on the effect of a multifaceted strategy

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 142-147

  Waldorff, Frans Boch ^a,c   Almind, Gert ^a   Mäkelä, Marjukka ^a,b   Møller, Susanne ^a   Waldemar, Gunhild ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Dementia; Diagnostic tests; General practice; Guidelines; Health plan implementation

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; METHYLMALONIC ACID; THYROTROPIN;

ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DEMENTIA; DENMARK; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEMENTIA; DENMARK; FAMILY PRACTICE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0141571283     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02813430310005136     Document Type: Article

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