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This review article summarized information on rates of dementia that have been found in the community which had not been detected by medical services.

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Why is it important?

Knowing the proportion of undetected dementia is important for generating estimates of the true prevalence. This is important for health service planning and prevention efforts.

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This page is a summary of: Prevalence and determinants of undetected dementia in the community: a systematic literature review and a meta-analysis, BMJ Open, February 2017, BMJ,
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011146.
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