Quality of dementia diagnostic evaluation for ethnic minority patients: a nationwide study
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Quality of dementia diagnostic evaluation for ethnic minority patients: a nationwide study. / Nielsen, T Rune; Andersen, Birgitte Bo; Kastrup, Marianne; Phung, Tien Kieu; Waldemar, Gunhild.
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T1 - Quality of dementia diagnostic evaluation for ethnic minority patients: a nationwide study
AU - Nielsen, T Rune
AU - Andersen, Birgitte Bo
AU - Kastrup, Marianne
AU - Phung, Tien Kieu
AU - Waldemar, Gunhild
N1 - Copyright © 2011 S. Karger AG, Basel.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Background/Aims: Diagnostic evaluation of dementia for ethnic minority patients may be challenging. This study aimed to evaluate the quality of diagnostic evaluation of dementia for patients from ethnic minorities in Denmark. Methods: The Danish national hospital registers were used to identify patients from the main ethnic minority groups in Denmark, who were diagnosed with dementia in the period 2005-2007. Three raters independently reviewed the patients' medical records. Data were compared to data from a previous similar study in the general Danish population. Results: Fifty-seven medical records were reviewed. An acceptable diagnostic workup was documented in only 23% of the patients. Dementia diagnosis was confirmed in 35%. Significant differences in the quality of the diagnostic evaluation were found between patients from ethnic minorities and the general population. Conclusion: There are significant ethnic disparities in the quality of diagnostic evaluations and outcome of dementia in the secondary healthcare sector.
AB - Background/Aims: Diagnostic evaluation of dementia for ethnic minority patients may be challenging. This study aimed to evaluate the quality of diagnostic evaluation of dementia for patients from ethnic minorities in Denmark. Methods: The Danish national hospital registers were used to identify patients from the main ethnic minority groups in Denmark, who were diagnosed with dementia in the period 2005-2007. Three raters independently reviewed the patients' medical records. Data were compared to data from a previous similar study in the general Danish population. Results: Fifty-seven medical records were reviewed. An acceptable diagnostic workup was documented in only 23% of the patients. Dementia diagnosis was confirmed in 35%. Significant differences in the quality of the diagnostic evaluation were found between patients from ethnic minorities and the general population. Conclusion: There are significant ethnic disparities in the quality of diagnostic evaluations and outcome of dementia in the secondary healthcare sector.
U2 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000327362
DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000327362
M3 - Journal article
VL - 31
SP - 388
EP - 396
JO - Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders
JF - Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders
SN - 1420-8008
IS - 5
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