Are patients with dementia treated as well as patients without dementia for hypertension, diabetes, and hyperlipidaemia?

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 60, Issue 578, 2010, Pages 671-674

  Müther, Johannes ^a   Abholz, Heinz Harald ^b   Wiese, Birgitt ^b   Fuchs, Angela ^b   Wollny, Anja ^b   Pentzek, Michael ^b  

^a Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf ^*

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attitude of health personnel; Comorbidity; Dementia; Family practice; General practitioners; Quality; Stigmatisation; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG COST; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERMANY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MALE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 78650451888     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp10X515395     Document Type: Article

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