Can primary care record review facilitate earlier diagnosis of dementia?

Family Practice

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 108-116

  Bamford, Claire ^a   Eccles, Martin ^a   Steen, Nick ^a   Robinson, Louise ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Case control studies; Dementia; Early diagnosis; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FAMILY INTERACTION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM; AGING; MEDICAL AUDIT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DEMENTIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34447268978     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cml068     Document Type: Article

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