Diagnostic accuracy of telehealth community dementia assessments

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2043-2044

  Loh, Poh Kooi P K ^a   Maher, Sean ^a   Goldswain, Peter ^a   Flicker, Leon ^b   Ramesh, Parthasarathy ^c   Saligari, Jane ^d  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c SOLIHULL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Geol Society of Western Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LETTER; MALE; TELEHEALTH;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; REMOTE CONSULTATION; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 29244444190     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.00479_8.x     Document Type: Letter

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