Automated detection of patients with dementia whose symptoms have been identified in primary care but have no formal diagnosis: a retrospective case–control study using electronic primary care records
Objectives UK statistics suggest only two-thirds of patients with dementia get a diagnosis recorded in primary care. General practitioners (GPs) report barriers to formally diagnosing dementia, so some patients may be known by GPs to have dementia but may be missing a diagnosis in their patient reco...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2021-01-01
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Series: | BMJ Open |
Online Access: | https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/1/e039248.full |