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Comparison of a memory service database with primary care dementia registers
Author(s) -
O'Kelly Allison,
Richards Giles
Publication year - 2011
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.207
Subject(s) - dementia , audit , quality and outcomes framework , primary care , service (business) , interface (matter) , medicine , database , computer science , family medicine , business , operating system , accounting , disease , maximum bubble pressure method , marketing , bubble
Under the Quality Outcome Framework (QOF), points are awarded to GP practices that keep a dementia register and record patient reviews. The aim of this audit was to compare the East Cornwall Memory Service's database of diagnosed patients against the QOF registers for dementia held by nine GP practices in East Cornwall. Copyright © 2011 Wiley Interface Ltd