New national health program against dementia in Japan: The medical center for dementia

Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 102-106

  Awata, Shuichi ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia; Concurrent medical conditions; Dementia; Medical resources; National health program

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONSULTATION; DEMENTIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; JAPAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL WELFARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; JAPAN; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS;

EID: 77955978386     PISSN: 13463500     EISSN: 14798301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8301.2010.00332.x     Document Type: Review

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