Description of organizational and clinician characteristics of primary dementia care in Canada: a multi-method study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Organizational and clinician characteristics are important considerations for the implementation of evidence-based recommendations into primary care practice. The introduction of Canadian dementia practice guidelines and Alzheimer strategies offers a unique context to study which of the organizational and clinician characteristics align with good quality care in primary care practices.

Methods

To evaluate the quality of dementia care, we carried out a retrospective chart review in randomly selected patients with a diagnosis of dementia and who had a visit during a 9-month period in 33 primary care practices. We collected data on indicators that were based on existing Canadian evidence-based recommendations to measure a quality of dementia care score. In addition,

SUBMITTER: Henein M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9121549 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature