Predicting dementia from primary care records: A systematic review and meta-analysis

• Main Authors: Ford, Elizabeth, Greenslade, Nicholas, Paudyal, Priya, Bremner, Stephen, Smith, Helen Elizabeth, Banerjee, Sube, Sadhwani, Shanu, Rooney, Philip, Oliver, Seb, Cassell, Jackie
• Other Authors: Forloni, Gianluigi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Dementia; Risk Prediction Tool
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/89308; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/44872
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Introduction: Possible dementia is usually identified in primary care by general practitioners (GPs) who refer to specialists for diagnosis. Only two-thirds of dementia cases are currently recorded in primary care, so increasing the proportion of cases diagnosed is a strategic priority for the UK an...