Quality and appropriateness of referrals for dementia patients

Quality in Primary Care

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-57

  Kada, Sundaran ^a   Nygaard, Harald A ^b   Geitung, Jonn T ^c   Mukesh, Bickol N ^d   Naik, Mala ^c   Wold, Grete ^e   Soevik, Dag H ^e  

^a BERGEN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c STATOIL   (Norway)

^d MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^e Department of General Medicine ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

Assessment; Dementia; Geriatrics; Primary health care; Quality; Referral

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME;

EID: 33847736620     PISSN: 14791072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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