ArticleBJPsych bulletin2015
A memory clinic v. traditional community mental health team service: comparison of costs and quality.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The Costs of Dementia in Europe: An Updated Review and Meta-analysis.PharmacoEconomics · 2023Pooled it
- Cut-off scores for mild and moderate dementia on the Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination-III and the Mini-Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination compared with the Mini-Mental State Examination.BJPsych bulletin · 2024Article
- A Transdisciplinary Program for Care of Veterans With Neurocognitive Disorders.Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS · 2023Article
- Patients with young-onset dementia in an older people's mental health service.BJPsych bulletin · 2021Article
- A National Survey of Centers for Cognitive Disorders and Dementias in Italy.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2021Article
- Subjective cognitive decline and rates of incident Alzheimer's disease and non-Alzheimer's disease dementia.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2019Article
- CMHTs provide follow-up for patients with dementia and behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia in both service models.BJPsych bulletin · 2015Article
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Abstract
Aims and method To compare the cost and quality of a memory-clinic-based service (MCS) with a traditional community mental health team (CMHT) service. Using a retrospective case-note review, we studied two groups, each with 33 participants. Consecutive referrals for diagnostic 'memory' assessments over 4 months were evaluated. Participants were evaluated for up to 6 months. Results The MCS was less costly than the CMHT service but the difference was not statistically significant (mean cost for MCS was £742, mean cost for CMHT service was £807). The MCS offered more multidisciplinary and comprehensive care, including: pre- and post-diagnostic counselling, more systematic screening of blood for reversible causes of dementia, more use of structured assessment instruments in patients/carers, signposting to the third sector as well as more consistent copying of letters to patients/carers. Clinical implications An MCS service offered more comprehensive and multidisciplinary service at no extra cost to secondary care.
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