title: [Harmonization of dementia diagnoses--a necessary quality assurance].
abstract: Classification and registration of diseases is necessary in order to monitor the proliferation of diseases in a population. Despite the presence of an international framework for classification of diseases (ICD 10) which has been approved by the Swedish authorities, the guidelines provided are not observed in the area of dementia diseases. Different diagnoses can be used to describe the same condition, and "dementia unspecified" is sometimes employed when a specified diagnosis could have been used. In order to refine consensus regarding the use of different diagnoses in the dementia field, representatives for the Swedish University hospitals and medical faculties propose a unified description of a limited number of dementia diagnoses.
authors.affiliation: Psykogeriatriska kliniken, Universitetssjukhuset, Lund.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Berg
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gustafson
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hansson
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kilander
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Klingén
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Marcusson
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Näsman
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Passant
authors.forename: L O
authors.initials: LO
authors.lastname: Wahlund
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wallin
mesh_terms: D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D003704:Dementia / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015140:Dementia, Vascular / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D020961:Lewy Body Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D013548:Sweden; D009626:Terminology as Topic