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Variations in anti‐dementia drug prescribing
Author(s) -
Perecherla Sri,
Paton Carol,
ShingletonSmith Amber,
Barnes Thomas RE
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
progress in neurology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.19
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1931-227X
pISSN - 1367-7543
DOI - 10.1002/pnp.131
Subject(s) - dementia , medical prescription , context (archaeology) , drug , psychiatry , medicine , psychology , nursing , geography , disease , archaeology
In the context of a project to benchmark anti‐dementia drug prescribing practice against standards derived from evidence‐based guidelines, the authors sought to estimate the proportion of people with dementia who were receiving treatment with an anti‐dementia drug and whether this varied across Primary Care Trust (PCT) populations.They also explored the relative proportion of prescriptions for each anti‐dementia drug, and the source of these prescriptions – GPs,Mental HealthTrusts or acuteTrusts. Copyright © 2009 Wiley Interface Ltd