Table 4 Sources and types of dementia diagnoses in ambulatory care in the incidence year (n = 1848)
| Â | Source of dementia diagnosis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Type of diagnosis | All (%) | PCP only | NP only | PCP + NP | Other discipline only* | Several other disciplines* |
Alzheimer dementia | 143 (7.7) | 88 (7.9) | 26 (16.5) | 18 (6.1) | 4 (7.1) | 9 (4.2) |
Vascular dementia | 257 (13.9) | 202 (18.1) | 35 (22.2) | 13 (4.4) | 5 (8.9) | 2 (0.9) |
Specific dementia | 15 (0.8) | 8 (0.7) | 3 (1.9) | 1 (0.3) | 3 (5.4) | 0 (0.0) |
Unspecified dementia | 927 (50.2) | 689 (61.7) | 73 (46.2) | 65 (22.0) | 41 (73.2) | 59 (27.3) |
Mixed diagnoses | 506 (27.4) | 129 (11.6) | 21 (13.3) | 207 (69.9) | 3 (5.4) | 147 (68.1) |
All | 1848 (100) | 1116 (100) | 158 (100) | 296 (100) | 56 (100) | 216 (100) |