Under-provision of medical care for vascular diseases for people with dementia in primary care: A cross-sectional review

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 63, Issue 607, 2013, Pages

  Connolly, Amanda ^a   Campbell, Stephen ^a   Gaehl, Ella ^a   Iliffe, Steve ^d   Drake, Richard ^a   Morris, Julie ^b   Martin, Helen ^c   Purandare, Nitin ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Ashville Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dementia; General practice; Health care; Quality indicators; Vascular diseases

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN II ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84873192004     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp13X663046     Document Type: Article

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