Health checks in primary care for adults with intellectual disabilities: How extensive should they be?

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 479-486

  Chauhan, U ^a   Kontopantelis, E ^a   Campbell, S ^a   Jarrett, H ^a   Lester, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health check; Incentivisation; Intellectual disabilities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BLADDER FUNCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CAREGIVER; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEARING; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SMOKING; URINALYSIS; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; STATE MEDICINE; WALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954004147     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2010.01263.x     Document Type: Article

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