Diagnostic evaluation of dementia in the secondary health care sector

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 534-542

  Phung, Thien Kieu Thi ^a   Andersen, Birgitte Bo ^a   Kessing, Lars Vedel ^a   Mortensen, Preben Bo ^b   Waldemar, Gunhild ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia, registry; Diagnostic evaluation, quality; Secondary health care sector

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOCUMENT EXAMINATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMENTIA; DENMARK; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL RECORDS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIALISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 66449113115     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000223664     Document Type: Article

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