The diagnosis, burden and prognosis of dementia: A record-linkage cohort study in England.

OBJECTIVES:Electronic health records (EHR) might be a useful resource to study the risk factors and clinical care of people with dementia. We sought to determine the diagnostic validity of dementia captured in linked EHR. METHODS AND FINDINGS:A cohort of adults in linked primary care, hospital, dise...

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Main Authors: Mar Pujades-Rodriguez, Valentina Assi, Arturo Gonzalez-Izquierdo, Tim Wilkinson, Christian Schnier, Cathie Sudlow, Harry Hemingway, William N Whiteley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6019102?pdf=render