Systematic review investigating multi-disciplinary team approaches to screening and early diagnosis of dementia in primary care - what are the positive and negative effects and who should deliver it?
CONCLUSIONS: Early diagnostic and screening programme have not been widely adopted into primary care. Until there is rigorous evidence assessing the clinical and cost-effectiveness of such programmes, there remains insufficient evidence to support the adoption of these programmes in practice.
PMID: 28891442 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Current Alzheimer Research - Category: Neurology Authors: Smith T, Cross J, Poland F, Brookes A, Maidment I, Penhale B, Laidlaw K, Fox C Tags: Curr Alzheimer Res Source Type: research
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