Quality of dementia diagnostic evaluation for ethnic minority patients: A nationwide study

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 388-396

  Nielsen, T Rune ^a,b   Andersen, Birgitte Bo ^a   Kastrup, Marianne ^a   Phung, Thien Kieu Thi ^a   Waldemar, Gunhild ^a  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diagnostic evaluation; Ethnic minority; Immigrants, dementia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; DEMENTIA; DENMARK; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; DENMARK; ETHNIC GROUPS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PAKISTAN; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 79959648837     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: 14219824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000327362     Document Type: Review

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