A Swedish programme for dementia diagnostics in primary healthcare

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 235-240

  Jedenius, Erik ^a   Wimo, Anders ^a   Strömqvist, Jan ^b   Andreasen, Niels ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Unit of Research and Development in Local Health Care   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Dementia nurse; Disease management; General practitioner; Health economics; Primary healthcare

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MIXED DEPRESSION AND DEMENTIA; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SCREENING; SWEDEN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEMENTIA; FAMILY PRACTICE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 57049170372     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: 15027724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02813430802358236     Document Type: Article

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