Proportion of Patients Who Have Undergone Basic Dementia Investigation
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Proportion of people who underwent a basic dementia investigation (defined as completing MMSE-SR/RUDAS-S/MoCA, clock test, blood samples and CT or MRI).
Numerator
Number of patients who underwent a basic dementia investigation.
Denominator
All newly diagnosed patients.
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Unit, region.
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Data entered by participating sites into a secure online platform.
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Online onhttps://register.ucr.uu.se/svedempublic, Annual Report, reports to sites.
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
register.ucr.uu.se/svedempublic/publicreport?20 (in Swedish) Religa D, Fereshtehnejad SM, Cermakova P, Edlund AK, Garcia-Ptacek S, et al. (2015) SveDem, the Swedish Dementia Registry – A Tool for Improving the Quality of Diagnostics, Treatment and Care of Dementia Patients in Clinical Practice. PLOS ONE 10(2): e0116538. Strohmaier C and Gassner L. Quality Registries in Dementia Care: Mapping of Registries to improve Quality and Service Delivery. AIHTA Project Report No.: 150; 2022. Vienna: HTA Austria – Austrian Institute for Health Technology Assessment GmbH.
Technical Specifications
Link to Measurement Tools
MMSE, RUDAS, MoCA, clock test