Accuracy of general hospital dementia diagnoses in England: Sensitivity, specificity, and predictors of diagnostic accuracy 2008–2016

Alzheimer's and Dementia

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2018, Pages 933-943

  Sommerlad, Andrew ^a,b   Perera, Gayan ^c   Singh Manoux, Archana ^a,d   Lewis, Glyn ^a,b   Stewart, Robert ^c,e   Livingston, Gill ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST PANCRAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

^e SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Hospital records; Medical records; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERY ELDERLY; ALZHEIMER DISEASE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 85045013637     PISSN: 15525260     EISSN: 15525279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2018.02.012     Document Type: Article

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