Quality improvement in neurology: Dementia management quality measures

Neurology

Volumn 81, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 1545-1549

  Odenheimer, Germaine ^a,b   Borson, Soo ^c   Sanders, Amy E ^d   Swain Eng, Rebecca J ^e   Kyomen, Helen H ^f   Tierney, Samantha ^g   Gitlin, Laura N ^h   Forciea, Mary Ann ⁱ   Absher, John ^j   Shega, Joseph ^k   Johnson, Jerry ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY   (United States)

^f MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^h JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^j Absher Neurology   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COUNSELING; DEMENTIA; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; NEUROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SENILE DEMENTIA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WELLBEING;

DEMENTIA; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; NEUROLOGY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84888269554     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182a956bf     Document Type: Article

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